Stepping Into the Light (Literally)

This Saturday I’m part of a merged event with Voir au-delà Montréal and T.I.T.S Collective. It will be an exhibition with DJs and a strong sense of community. MAD Collective will also be there with a vintage pop-up right beside us, so the space will feel alive and layered with different forms of creativity.

This will be my fourth or fifth event with Voir au-delà, and each time I treat it as more than just showing work. I use these opportunities to connect with other artists and to see who naturally gravitates toward my pieces. There is something grounding about watching someone stand in front of your work and really take it in.

I’ve realized that I genuinely like dates and timelines. I like knowing something is happening on a specific day at a specific time. Deadlines do not restrict me. They sharpen me. They give my ideas structure and direction.

Maybe I pushed myself a little more than usual this time.

Because of this event, I finally completed a painting I have been working on for two years. It is complex and layered, and finishing it felt like closing a chapter I kept postponing. I will be revealing it at the show.

I also created five new paintings designed specifically for this space. Since the lighting will shift later in the evening, I leaned into my glow-in-the-dark work so that when the lights dim around 9 PM, the pieces will transform with the room. What feels subtle in daylight will carry a different presence once the space changes.

Reflection

In regular light, we see form.
In the dark, we see energy.

This event feels like a checkpoint. A reminder that momentum builds when you give yourself something to move toward. Sometimes pressure is not the enemy. Avoidance is.

And if everything aligns the way I imagine it, 9 PM might just become one of those moments where the work truly speaks for itself.

Hope to see you there!

Camille B.