I remember wandering around Seattle when I first moved here.  Everything I saw was new and different and interesting, and it went on for miles.  Being a suburb kid, the landscape of a city was, and still is, fascinating.  Block by block it changes, and at night or on gloomy days, it seemed that utterly different worlds sit within a mile of each other.

On August 27th the lamp shade boutique LiT will host a one night art show that endeavors to capture that transient moment when you see a city for the first time. “Where is this?” is a body of lithograph prints of urban landscapes that don’t exist. Dawn Bassett of LiT and printmaker Alexander Kirillov have collaborated to fill the store with fictitious panoramas on lampshades and light boxes and pendants and night lights. Or as they say it, “redefine how fine prints are traditionally appreciated while leading the viewer to question the reality of his/her own location”.  One evening of imaginary cities filled with light…sounds lovely.

LiT/ Hermitage is located at 1906 E. Prospect St. and 19th St., and the show will go from 5 to 8 in the evening of August 27th.