My distant god, 2023Inkjet with hand-scratched text and UV laminate, framed
40 × 40 in.
In My distant god, billowing clouds stretch across the frame, shifting from shadowed masses to luminous whites against a deep blue sky. Along the treeline, Hopinka etches fragments of text: “The sun is short when it’s so high, beating down and us collapsing under its heat. An eventual burn that is neither about the before or the after, rather a longing for both.” The scene moves between heaviness and clarity, where atmosphere and inscription commingle. Here, the sky becomes a sentient space, approached with reverence, holding both transitory weather and enduring reflection.

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The sun is short when it’s so high, beating down and us collapsing under its heat. An eventual burn that is neither about the before or the after, rather a longing for both.
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