Lysis

Lysis took place on Friday, July 19th, 2024 in Montreal. This ephemeral group exhibition was based on two photographic slide found in an abandoned church. Lysis explored themes of decomposition and regeneration through mildew, light, and divine spores. Set in an undisclosed location without artificial lighting, the exhibition was on view for four hours, before and during sun set. From the Exhibition Text: "Lysis: noun: ly·​sis ˈlī-səs, plural: lyses ˈlī-ˌsēz 1. The gradual decline of a disease process (such as fever) 2. A process of disintegration or dissolution (as of cells) -lysis: noun combining form, plural: -lyses 1.Decomposition 2. Disintegration : breaking down Lysis (/ˈlaɪsɪs/; Greek: Λύσις, genitive case Λύσιδος, showing the stem Λύσιδ-, from which the infrequent translation Lysides), is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of philia (φιλία). * April, 2024. The S. Eusebe de Verceil Church turns 100. Didn’t take long after the fire for plantlife to come in. Spreading out like a pair of arms, mid-yawn. No one had the money to fix it up. Neither the city, nor the congregation. They boarded up the doors, and anything that was open. But it was never that difficult to find a way in. Pigeons have been nesting in the vaulted ceilings by the hundreds. They call out to their own sound, endless echoes accompanied by rhythmic wings in flight. I swear, the dumb things get stuck inside and forget their way out. A feast for cats. Pages of prayers and faded text are scattered everywhere. Snow has fallen in and melted several times already. Mold coats whatever it can, making it hard to breathe. Children have broken everything they could get their hands on, the organ, statues, doors, benches, glass. Only the tallest stained glass windows stay untouched, specks of primary colors reflect onto the floor like water. S Eusèbe stands, regardless of its weakened foundation. "