Lewis Teague Wright, ‘TOYOTA00’
A complex surreal tapestry that blurs the boundaries between science fiction, archaeology and youthful spontaneity
A complex surreal tapestry that blurs the boundaries between science fiction, archaeology and youthful spontaneity
Lewis Teague Wright
TOYOTA00
2018, 4 min 57 sec
In TOYOTA00 (2018), Lewis Teague Wright offers viewers an immersive journey through the labyrinthine corridors of memory and time. Harnessing a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates CGI video, photography and sculpture, Wright crafts a complex, almost surreal, tapestry that blurs the boundaries between science fiction, archaeology and the spontaneity of youth. As we traverse this psychedelic landscape, we are invited to delve deep into the filmmaker’s personal ‘mind map’, depicted as an expansive beach on England’s South Coast. Here, Wright's vivid narrative unfolds, a canvas scarred and annotated with remnants of memories, a place where the past resists the eroding forces of time, captured in the echoing crackles of driftwood bonfires and the transient artistry etched in the sands. This poignant visual odyssey serves as a testament to the enduring and transformative power of memories, immortalized within nature’s ephemeral gallery.
About Lewis Teague Wright
Lewis Teague Wright (b. 1987, London) lives and works in London. His practice explores world-building through object-oriented ontology by utilizing CGI video, photography, installation and sculpture. Presenting us with unearthly psychedelic landscapes and manufactured environments inspired by science fiction, archaeology and gestures of adolescence. Recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Floaters’, Ginny on Frederick, London (2022); ‘SCAB’, Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2019); ‘The Ghoul’, pcp galerie, Paris (2019); ‘TOYOTA00’, Cordova, Barcelona, (2018); and ‘URCHIN’, Lodos, Mexico City (2017).
Lewis Teague Wright, TOYOTA00, 2018, 4 min 57 sec. Courtesy the artist and Ginny on Frederick, London
