Rationale & Outlook (or: Return of the Repressed)

Abstract

This document, accompanying the exhibition in the Henry Art museum, is a celebration of the corridor as a protected species, as a transformational entity, as a space of self-reflection and a space I hold a lot of concern for. Corridors are underrated and I believe in their true potential for transformation, which is why I’m promoting them with this artwork, unabashedly. I’m selling a product. It’s an act of unshameful direct promotion, for the greater good of course, but absolutely in my own interest. The work in the Henry Art Gallery consists of a number of objects that are placed in the corridor of the museum, a rather small, overlooked, unappreciated, mistreated and abused piece of space, that is not used to exhibit objects but usually stays empty, or only houses the signage of exhibitions. All of the objects in the corridor resemble cheaply made interior furniture. A metal plaque in the adjacent gallery and a take-away zine accompany the work.