SWPK Gallery is pleased to announce the collaborative work, 20F (Simultaneity), exhibiting an installation by artists Raphaele Shirley and Algis Kizys with cinematography by Michael Lisnet. The exhibition will be on display at the SWPK Gallery from June 25 to September 10, 2025. An opening reception with the artist will take place at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, June 25.

20F (Simultaneity) is a multimedia installation by Raphaele Shirley and Algis Kizys that explores perception, elemental transformation, and the architecture of experience. Grounded in their shared interest in cosmology, quantum physics, and primal creation, the project began as a live performance and has since evolved into a multifaceted work combining light, sound, and image.
 
Developed during the 2020 lockdown in a freezing barn in upstate New York, the installation takes its name from the 20°F temperatures in which it was conceived. Shirley uses 5-foot parabolic mirrors to refract beams of light into shifting fields of color and geometry, while Kizys layers fragments of manipulated compositions, sound elements, and field recordings. Their combined efforts immerse the viewer in a sensory environment that floats between the physical and the metaphysical. A cinematic counterpart created with visual artist and cinematographer Michael Lisnet extends the work into the landscape, capturing mirrored light through drones, bodycams, and 360° perspectives.
 
Improvisation and site-specificity are central to the work. Each iteration is shaped by its surroundings—its architecture, acoustics, and atmosphere—emphasizing a state of continual transformation rather than fixed presentation.
 
In its layered approach to presence and perception, 20F (Simultaneity) embodies the concept of simultaneity itself: the coexistence of the live and the mediated, the visible and the unseen. It invites viewers into a space where elemental forces intersect to reveal deeper, often hidden, patterns of connection.

Raphaele Shirley is a French-American artist whose work spans sculpture, light, video, photography, and performance. Her work has shown in venues such as at the Museum of Moving Image, Queens Museum, Hermitage Museum, and Moscow Biennale to name a few. She’s held residencies at Harvestworks and The Arctic Circle. In 2023, she and Algis Kizys received the Wave Farm Media Arts Grant for 20F, a live performance.