Contributed by Sarah Friedman / Liz Scheer’s “Nocturama,” now up at Galerie Shibumi, is a trippy journey into multimedia works that combine everyday objects, religious texts, and human emotions. The style of the vignettes evokes Mexican votive paintings, conjuring the viewer’s longing for coherent narrative. However, the enigmatic captions do not always seem to explain the scenes they are paired with. This discordance between the verbal and the visual invites viewers to derive their own meaning from the ineffable, and to reflect on the narratives they rely on to do so. Ultimately, Scheer’s exhibition explores the ways in which people craft meaning from the world around them – whether through religion, art, astronomy, or philosophy – and how highly personal interpretations can result in both intimacy with others and a sense of profound isolation.