My Horse Was Hit by Lightning

My Horse Was Hit by Lightning
Lucas Glenn and Mat Glenn
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art
Kelowna, BC
September 20 – November 2, 2019
Mat Glenn & Lucas Glenn’s My Horse was Hit by Lightning explores ecology and masculinity in the context of anthropogenic climate crisis. The exhibition uses equipment to deconstruct the relationship between human and non-human. A 4x4 driver experiences bumpy terrain through suspension, padded seats, and steering columns; a gamer experiences their controller while their space-marine experiences weaponized body armour; sportsmen, gamers, and outdoorsmen experience their equipment. Equipment is a mediator of human and nonhuman, a strained and inaccurate binary.

— Exhibition text



Images courtesy of Andreas Rutkauskas and the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art


My Horse Was Hit by Lightning
Reverse-projected single-channel video on Duralar, Sony Playstation 4, USB, deer antlers, Mechanix gloves, chainmail, backpack, tar, light bar, deconstructed ghillie suit, rubber floor mats
24 x 10 x 4 ft
2019