Heaven On Earth: Digital Archive

Heaven on Earth was a collaborative show by Pure Nowhere x Fever Dream hosted in February 2020. It was inspired by divine beings, sanctuaries, and daydreams.

Kaya Nieves, Alondra Buccio, and Tenny Rudolph are some of the artists we showcased.

Here is the work that inspired/accompanied their installations!

Kaya Nieves / Astral Traveling 

Kaya Nieves is a photographer from Seattle, Washington currently attending Parsons in New York. Their work explores introspection, repression, and spirituality-- a connection they hope to portray through their photography. Nieves considers their work to be “little vignettes, “[explorations] of nuances,” and “[defiances of] the binary.” One of their most notable inspirations right now is texture- an inspiration that is visible in their use of fabric.

Nieves used gauzy and translucent fabrics to create a peep-show installation. Once people stepped inside her closed-off area, they saw her cyanotype prints on the wall and her work also being projected.

Alondra Buccio / Untitled

Alondra Buccio is a Mexican/Italian photographer based in LA. Her work is “an electric portrayal of LA’s subculture and creative youth” (Rain). She has a dynamic use of color and collage, and she often uses graphics in her work, making her thoughts accessible to her audience. She credits James Franco with inspiring her to start film/photography but also draws inspiration from her friends. To Buccio, “being on earth is hell.”

Her installation was a dreamy, ethereal place for people to rest. Buccio and her friend created hanging clouds that melted into the floor. Color-changing lights helped the mood in her space drift from cold to warm continuously.

Tenny Rudolph / boys from eden

Tenny Rudolph is a queer Black photographer and musician from Jacksonville, Florida. Having temporarily moved to LA only a few days before Heaven on Earth, his work is a testament to his quick adaptability both socially and artistically. The photos and video footage from this series by Rudolph center black men in bodies of water and grassy fields. All of his mediums seamlessly co-exist with parallels of life and nature. To Rudolph, “Heaven is a place that souls get to and don’t want to return.”

Rudolph’s installation is his “freedom of expression through portraiture and installation.” His intention: “to create experiences that consist of nothing short of happiness.” Rudolph’s installation uses colors associated with nature and royalty- greens, browns, blacks, and golds. He framed images from his series and displayed them on a golden armoir.