A Moth to a Flame at
@sarabandefoundation
Thank you to all who visited throughout the show, and the support from Sarabande
Pictured here ‘Flicker’ & ‘Cast Shadow’
“We live in the flicker — may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here
yesterday.” — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Conrad’s words open A Moth To A Flame, the second London solo exhibition of Jack Laver,
developed during his residency at the Sarabande Foundation.
Shaped by the precariousness of our time, the exhibition stages a profound reflection on the fragility
at the core of human existence. The “flicker” of Heart of Darkness represents mankind confronted
with the natural world, infinitely vaster and charged with mystery. Drawn to the relationship
between light and shadow that in Conrad’s metaphor distinguishes these two realms, it works
through systems of tension between the more tangible materials, wood, inks, pigments and resins,
and the more ephemeral ones: light, shadow and void.
Words and curation by
@pietro.cattai
Install images by
@vinx_imagehead
Installed by
@vellumartdept
@zerui.g 
