ADVENT EXHIBITION (2017)
/The season of Advent, a season of waiting, is designed to cultivate our awareness of God’s actions - past, present, and future. It's where we hear the prophecies of the Messiah's coming as addressed to us — people who wait for the second coming.
In Advent we heighten our anticipation for the ultimate fulfillment of all Old Testament promises, when the wolf will lie down with the lamb, death will be swallowed up, and every tear will be wiped away. In this way, Advent highlights for us the larger story of God’s redemptive plan.
And yet, a deliberate tension should be built into our practice of the Advent season - Christ has come, and yet not all things have reached completion. While we remember Israel's waiting and hoping, and while we give thanks for Christ's birth, we also anticipate his second coming at the end of time. Thus, a tension between celebrating/hoping and longing/waiting.
We took a digital approach to this exhibition, utilizing digital photography in a square ratio. We then suspended the polaroids above the viewer to try to provide an enveloped and engaging experience.
