Lucas Glenn
September 17, 2024 to March, 2025
Lucas Glenn, The Wild Ride, installation detail, courtesy of the artist.
The Wild Ride is a site-specific installation using dirt bike parts to form a support system for an indoor plant. This work aims to transform tools of ecological domination into tools for ecological care. Drawing from the artist’s small-town BC upbringing, the installation contrasts rural innovation with biases against nature. With a D.I.Y. approach both that is genuine and fraught, The Wild Ride attempts to foster care for nonhuman life.
Lucas Glenn is a Kelowna-based artist and writer, specializing in installation, digital media, and drawing. He holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia and an MFA from the University of Victoria, with awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the British Columbia Arts Council. He has exhibited his work across Western Canada.
Glenn is the City of Kelowna’s 2024 Artist in Residence. You can find M.A.S.S.I.V.E. — his temporary, interactive, mobile installation — at various Kelowna parks throughout September and October. Visit massivekelowna.com.
AUDIO
Created by artist Lucas Glenn, this audio piece is part of The Wild Ride, an installation presented in the Glass Gallery at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
