THINK A LOT
>2nd year GFA solo fine art show by UVic Fine Arts candidate/fellow LES666 (Lesley Marshall)
Exhibition at the Audain Gallery in the Visual Arts Building, University of Victoria
>MON SEP 15 – SAT SEP 20, 2025 – 7am-11pm, open to the public daily
Lunch & Learn w/LES666
>TUE SEP 16, 2025 – 12:34pm, in exhibition
>FRI SEP 19, 2025 – 6-10pm, in exhibition
RECEPTION / PERFORMANCES OF
>DIELECTRIC (electro, darkwave, synth, pop – https://linktr.ee/d13lectric
>efemme (heavy electro, dark techno – https://soundcloud.com/…/hot-sleepers-aka-efemme…
&
50 Limited edition numbered risograph poster prints (2 pass) by Moniker Press for sale $12:34
*trying to coordinate a shuttle from Chinatown to UVic follow my @420sixtynine / @mavnetwork insta for updates*
ABSTRACT:
And all owls think a lot, a lot, a lot, think a lot, think a lot, think a lot, think a lot…
Cumulative research and experiments in sound, video, projection, LES666 layers both analogue and digital in this second year GFA show. Creating an experiential and interactive environment, THINK A LOT takes its form as a deconstructed quilt in self-portrait. Its abstract patchwork of reflection, refraction and cyclical motion references their personal story of surrealist cinematic nostalgia. With responding light, colours, and sound, a woven meta-narrative invites you to imagine the significance and insignificance of events that feel like magic, imbuing the serendipity of the everyday. Connecting the stories we tell ourselves and stories that form ley lines through -and to- our family, friends, and even strangers that pass us by; every piece is put together in its ‘right place’ a duality of order and chaos. From a divination car radio to a street light turning off under your window, talking plants, and the remarkable perception given by a child, THINK A LOT tunes into crip theory comforts found nestled in the blanket of all-seeing frequencies.
Featuring selections of new work from LJ Marshall-Munro curated by Ciel Eloise Arbour
Food, seating, and hearing protection provided
Loud noises up to 30 seconds
Flashing lights up to 1min
Potentially suitable for family and animals – I will have my five year old there occasionally and be doing intermittent performances throughout the show’s duration
“And all owls think a lot” quote from children’s story Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
LES666 BIO:
Lesley Marshall is an award-winning filmmaker, intermedia artist, and is a GFA candidate / sessional teacher at the University of Victoria. Projection art, films and music by Lesley have toured and screened nationally and internationally. They are the 2023 CMPA Diversity Mentorship Recipient for the CBC/PBS feature Animal Pride and a commissioned animator for CBC’s The Nature of Things. With work engaging with queer politics and crip theory, Lesley investigates experiential design through a responsive practice using performance art, projection and sound. Lesley sings dramatically in the gothic synth duo DIELECTRIC, has a 5 year old kiddo named LJ, and looks back fondly on a former life studying geography and plants in Ottawa. They grew up running around the backstages of opera houses and wish everyday to be eating pizza on the streets of NYC.
THANK YOU:
Supervisor Carey Newman, committee members Paul Walde, Kelly Richardson, Kevin Hall, Indeed Victoria, Daniel Taggart-Hodge, Marian Boyer, Nanny (RIP), Uncle Kevin, Uncle Walter, Holden, Diana Deutsch, Victoria Edgar, Ryan Duan, Peter MacBeth, Rainy Huang, Hollis, Janine, Limbic Media, Cedric, Juliana Sech, Matt Munro, Scott Amos, Cameron Kidd, Minutemen Printing, Moniker Press, Guy Segel, and all my friends and relations.