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Within the Well pairs the intricately rendered wall-based reliefs and free-standing sculptures of Eetu Sihvonen and the immersive oil paintings of Elizabeth Tibbetts. In a radical form of worldbuilding, their work draws from past and contemporary cultures to explore the intersections of narrative, nature, material, and craft. Drawing from various references, including speculative fiction, sci-fi, video games, and art history, Sihvonen and Tibbetts build narrative models to imagine futures, alternate realities, and spaces for the past and present.

The act of worldbuilding is one of invention …