There's NO PLACE like home

NO PLACE is an immersive experience that asks us to reflect on the space we’re in. The solo exhibition by resident artist Caitlin Horsmon displays her interest in location, history, and identity through found objects, sculpture, and video. Combining her practice of filmmaking with photography and installation, Caitlin deeply examines environments around us and the relationships we have associated with them.

We as viewers have connections to the concept and construct of home. These connections are personal and each of them possess an identity that is unique to their location. This was one of the first things that caught my attention in Caitlin’s exhibition. Her works appeared to stem from her daily life experiences. The living plants in the illuminated display of Avocado Capital of the World come from avocados Caitlin consumed herself. We see the full circle journey of this work layered throughout the exhibition through moving images, and installation of pieces using resin and acrylic. Caitlin turns her creative process and practice into a viewable and participatory experience. She invites us to experience her personal connection to home from our perspective. From traveling the world to eating avocados, we observe many different aspects of Caitlin’s journey, her process, and her experience

Caitlin’s use of space and perception allows us to feel apart of the works we are experiencing. Through light and sound we are immersed in a space. Caitlin uses these mediums in such a captivating way that you are able to hear the audio of certain works without being directly in front of them. The exhibition space is mostly dim and causes the projections and moving images to appear striking and gives them an intensity. Initially, the large scale projections made me feel small. However, my perception changed as I interacted and became part of the narrative. Being surrounded by the history and energy of Caitlin’s exhibition reminded me that I am part of a larger entity or narrative.

This exhibition was humbling and I came away from it feeling grounded. Through captivating film and physical presence of symbolic objects, this exhibition explores and makes our relationship to the places around us purposeful. To appreciate the places we inhabit, we must know and understand what constitutes them. Appreciation without apprehension is simply blinded admiration and without knowledge of the world around us, we become negligent in sustaining it.

Authored by Cicely Jones, Studios Inc Exhibition Intern