StandardVision Artist Showcase: Luminous Terrain and the Reimagining of Nature with Suzy Poling

For the months of February and March, StandardVision presents selections from Natural Phenomenon, a photographic series by interdisciplinary artist Suzy Poling, displayed across multiple large-scale, high-resolution LED facades throughout Los Angeles

Working across photography, sound, video, sculpture, painting, collage, and performance, Poling constructs immersive visual environments that investigate optics, mirror systems, geological anomalies, and the interferences between human and technological networks. Her practice activates layered surfaces and digital manipulations to reveal what might otherwise remain unseen: new realms emerging from repetition, reflection, feedback, and light.

In Natural Phenomenon, vivid natural environments are transformed into vibrant, almost alien terrains. Through optical experimentation, landscapes become abstracted fields of color and texture; organic yet unfamiliar, as if glimpsed from another dimension. These images oscillate between the geological and the synthetic, inviting viewers into a space where materiality feels fluid and perception becomes unstable.

Presented at architectural scale across Los Angeles, the series takes on an expanded presence. Towering above city streets and embedded within the urban rhythm, Poling’s luminous landscapes interrupt the built environment with visions of amplified nature, simultaneously grounding and otherworldly. The monumental format heightens the work’s immersive qualities, allowing color, texture, and abstraction to unfold in ways that shift how the city itself is experienced.

By situating Natural Phenomenon across multiple public-facing facades, the work becomes part of a dispersed visual constellation throughout the city: encountered in motion, from sidewalks and intersections, at moments both fleeting and sustained. The presentation underscores how scale and site can extend the life of an image, transforming it from a contained artwork into a shared civic experience.

Catch selected works from Suzy Poling’s Natural Phenomenon on view at 3rd Street Crossing, 888 N Vermont, Kurve LA, Sunset Spectacular, and the Courtyard Marriott LA Live through March 31st, and learn more about the artist on Instagram.