Loren Johnson

ARTIST

What matters now is what’s close—the texture of connection, the beauty of questioning together, how and who we choose to show up for, to care for, what we name, what we hold back. Choices that turn out to create the worlds we live in. I explore what it means to come close—with others, with our environment—with this awareness. Closeness as a kind of choreography, a performance of relation, and a refusal of the political with a singular hope of meeting in the wildcat total.

In Progress

Berlin Imaginary

A potential documentary series in development, exploring why artists move to Berlin and how their hopes meet reality. Each portrait reflects on intimacy, collaboration, and the worlds we try to build together.

Choreographies of Undoing

Embodied unlearning explored through filmed movement in the forest—where the body listens, remembers and slowly begins to shift.

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Embodied Research on the Politics of Intimacy

A collective inquiry into how we perform intimacy, care, and connection—challenging fixed roles and exploring more fluid, world-building ways of relating. 

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A Horizontal Affair

A short film series closely observing one-on-one encounters in a forest setting. Explores how less build environments invite and inform connection, and how intimacy and connection are "performed" to the witness of the camera. 

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Archived

Love is what is left when we're gone

Final show in Portland before relocating to Berlin in which I gave away all my art.

Long alone, coming home

Expressionistic and narrative watercolor folk art to bring home with you. The last time I painted alone. 

Digital Alchemy

An experiment in algorithmic aids to freeing myself to the present.

Video Poetry