On Tuesday, August 12 at 6 pm, Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center invites you to Alison Grace Koehler  performance “Transparencies” accompanied by audiovisual artist Hugo Renard.

“Transparencies” is a live performance that fuses stained glass art with poetry and film. Artist Alison Grace Koehler invites the audience to witness the creation of a stained glass window built in real-time as both object and poem. Using discarded shards of glass, tools of the craft, and her voice, Koehler explores light, memory, and transformation. On a small illuminated table, glass is cut, shaped, wrapped, and soldered while she recites and improvises text live. A camera above her hands projects the evolving compositions onto a screen behind her, making visible every gesture. This projection is mixed live with video footage taken on a road trip from Paris to Vilnius. All video footage as well as live projection and streaming will be made and executed by Hugo Renard.

About the Artists
Alison Grace Koehler is a Paris-based artist working with poetry and stained glass. Her work blurs the lines between visual art and performance. A descendant of Litvaks who emigrated from Jonava, Lithuania to the U.S. in the late 19th century, Alison has cultivated a deep connection to Lithuanian history and culture. In 2023, she held an artist residency at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, where she explored Soviet-era glass and her family’s heritage. Hugo Renard is an audio-visual artist and technician for the Ministry of Education in France. He has a Master of Fine Arts from l’esam Caen/Cherbourg.

The event is free of charge. Duration – 1 hour. 

Please note that the event may be filmed and photographed.