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Transmutation is central to alchemy. This metamorphosis of matter requires pushing materials from one form into another in a succession until a final realization of purity is achieved. Purity is defined not as a 鈥渢his鈥� or a 鈥渢hat,鈥� but as something that is a combination of its previous forms and yet something entirely new. Much more than 鈥渓ead into gold,鈥� alchemy is the pursuit of new understanding and new ideas through the manipulation of what already exists. This pursuit resonates strongly in Our Secret Fire, a group exhibition dedicated to nine artists whose work purposefully exists between states of being, caught in the act of metamorphosis. These artists utilize the shiftiness of the liminal state to explore ideas like domesticity, production and commodification, perception, and phenomenology. Their materials, whether physical or conceptual, can be pushed into any number of forms by the viewer or by the artist herself to both inform and surprise. This is the transmutation the alchemists sought. The artists in Our Secret Fire bring it forward.