This residency is an on-going project with four more panels to be installed at the end of August. Our work began in the spring when we embarked on the ambitious project of repurposing smoking huts that were once used by General Electric in Louisville decades ago. These huts were later donated to the forest and used for various purposes. We chose to utilize one of these huts as a structural foundation for our installation.

With Nocturnal, we aim to transport the audience to Bernheim forest at dusk, a rarely seen time when animals come to life in the absence of humans. Our goal is to celebrate nature by showcasing the animals and living beings that exist in this habitat as luminous entities that are integral to the web of life on Earth. Our painstaking efforts to revive this undervalued material serve as an allegory for the cumulative work required to maintain a healthy ecosystem, one that instills hope and pride in those who appreciate its value.