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Deer Lake Gallery 6584 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 3T7
Opening Ceremony: Saturday March 18th, 7 pm with a reception to follow
Featured Artists: Barbara Mulski, Ben Cooper, Bill Thompson, Candice Okada, Cassidy Lutijen, Iris Mes-Low, Katharine Dickinsen, Louise Dee, Ron Simmer, Ross Hayduk, Steven Smethurst, Teena Martin
The second Annual Luminescence Exhibition marks the March equinox occurring at 10:29 UTC on March 20th. On this day the Sun will shine directly on the equator and there will be nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. This is also the first day of spring (vernal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of fall (autumnal equinox) in the Southern Hemisphere. From the latin: “Lumen” meaning light and the old English addition “escence” or spirit of the word Luminescence emerged.
Across the world, in different cultures it is an important date. Jewish Passover falls on the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Sham el-Nessim was an ancient Egyptian holiday that traces back to 2700BC and during Egypt’s Christian period it became Easter Monday. The mythological King of Persia ascended to the throne on this day and is commemorated by a two-week festival. It is a Zoroastrian holidays as well as a holy day of the Bahá’í Faithand Nizari Ismaili Muslims. The day after the equinox, it is the Bengali New Year’s Day. Japan has made it an official national holiday. The coming of spring and all that relates to it is celebrated widely. All these celebrations make a point to celebrate the creation of light to some degree.
Fire Performance by ACROfire Entertainment 8:00 pm
Musical Performance by Carolyn Neapole
Artist Talks:
Saturday, March 25th 2:00 pm - Optical Illusion Musuem
Saturday, April 1st 2:00 pm - Monica Gewurz