ABSTRACT
Night Drawing explores the visually contested nature of our nocturnal lives by collectively drawing in the urban night. The project challenges our modes of perception, enabling new ways of seeing by focusing on contrasts, shadows, spotlights, and atmospheres created by night-time illumination. Drawing after dark forces a more conscious bodily experience, starting from a more unfamiliar vantage point, to create a visual translation that transcends representation. Night Drawing aims to negotiate assumptions about nocturnal lighting conditions and encourages us to rethink our relationship with darkness in urban spaces. The project emphasizes that artificial lighting should not only be considered in terms of its functional use and optical appearance, but also in its social and ecological impacts.
