IMPOSSIBLY WEIRD

The art of Kevin Mack

24th July – 5th September 2026

The Refractive Collective are pleased to present the first public exhibition in our new Project Space at the Liberal Club Building, 32 High Street, Paisley.

Kevin Mack is a contemporary artist and a pioneer of digital art, virtual reality, and visual effects. His work on What Dreams May Come (1998) earned him an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Mack’s art work is inspired by nature, emergence, and technology, and informed by research in fields from neuroscience to philosophy. He investigates the principles of perception, imagination, cognition, and intuition. His process combines emergent discovery with intentional control to create visual forms that dissolve the boundaries between photorealism, abstraction, the virtual, and the physical.

Kevin says “I produce large-format prints, digital displays, physical objects, and virtual worlds to emphasise the informational basis of both the virtual and the physical. My intent is to create works that challenge perception, inspire awe, and engage the mind in entertaining existential inquiry.”

We welcome the community into our new project space to explore Kevin’s impossibly weird worlds.

The Exhibition is free to the Public and our opening times are from 11am to 6pm Tuesday  to Saturday.

 Refractive at The Liberal Club

Our  new exhibition space is at the Oakshaw Suite in the Liberal Club at 32 Paisley High Street, PA12BZ.

The Refractive Collective of film and digital artists have spent the last 18months creating  this working artists exhibition space in central Paisley. Our exhibitions are free to the  communities of Renfrewshire and beyond, we are providing an accessible space where everyone is welcome to enjoy the space and the unique digital exhibition programme.

The exhibitions you will see  are diverse in nature, some from regional makers others from national and international partner artists and organisations, everything is designed to inspire and interest artists and audiences.

Behind the scenes from our production room artists  are working to create new films and exhibitions from our region for audiences to enjoy.

In the evenings you will see the rooms lit up,  we run artists workshops and meet ups to support a wide network of digital makers or all ages and career stages.

In addition Refractive will regularly present independent film screenings of award winning, documentary, drama,  short film and animation from local, national and international film makers. Catch the film listings on our cinema pages.