The Distance Between, by Matthew Willie Garcia

Snap Space Gallery,  September 18 – November 6, 2026

Opening Reception: First Friday, October 2, 2026, from 5:00 – 9:00 PM

Closing Reception: First Friday – November 6, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00 PM 

In this site-specific mixed media print installation Matthew Willie Garcia explores what it means to live alongside the unknown. Drawing from science, science fiction, and personal identity, the installation invites viewers to reflect on their place within a universe that has been expanding for 13.8 billion years. It’s a meditation on awe, curiosity, and the willingness to release the need for certainty.

Using printed matter, projection mapping, and sculpture, the space is transformed into

an observatory, a temple, and a queer sacred space. The work explores the visual language of the cosmos, employing sumi and fluorescent inks alongside the luminosity of projected light to evoke a space that hovers between the flatness of surface and the depth of the universe. This shifting dimensionality gently destabilizes the viewer’s sense of gravity and scale.