The 2023 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize exhibited work from artists working with film, photography, or video, according the prize exhibition’s host, the Polygon Gallery. Artists were nominated by staff and faculty at British Columbia arts institutions and post-secondary programs. As the exhibition engaged with emerging lens-based artists, it was fitting that the exhibition demonstrated how BC artists are finding their place in modern culture and art. The exhibition was open from December 15th to January 29th.On entering the exhibition space, visitors were immediately greeted by Wei Chen’s Listening to the Floor, 2021, which depicted a man pressing his ear to the floor in a column of the same image that increased in size, the man filling more of the frame as the images grew and became closer to the ground. Inspired by the experience of the Covid-19 lockdown, the image not only reflected common feelings about a shared experience, but also echoed the style of internet me