Superpositions
A joint exhibition of work by Katy Barkan and Gabriel Fries-Briggs
A joint exhibition from Katy Barkan and Gabriel Fries-Briggs around the theme of Superposition. Superposition spatializes an interest in simultaneity and overlap—both conceptual and material.
The joint exhibition questions the threshold between architectural objecthood and its spatial corollaries, skirting a clear boundary between the production of things and the production of environments. Superposition, as a model of working, proposes the overlay of multiple categories of work and multiple authors allowing for category errors, transpositions, and irresoluble differences.
Katy Barkan’s installation reshuffles hierarchies of support and display, form and representation, ground and ornament, to unfold composite readings of space that don’t strictly add up. Instead Homasote and carpet forms refract to amplify, distort, and undermine one another in unequal measure resulting in divergent architectural objects and alternative gestalts.
In Gabriel Fries-Brigg's installation, a ductscape acts as a prosthetic device for the gallery’s HVAC system. The reshuffling of conventional equipment inserts a vision of air as reflected landscape, amplifying the tempering and conditioning of the exhibition venue. The dune-as-duct considers the overhead site as a productive plenum for architectural positions.
This event is presented by the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
Exhibition Dates: Oct. 28–Dec. 13
Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m.
Venue: Perloff Hall, Gallery
Price: Free
Perloff Hall is located in North East Campus, just off Hilgard Ave.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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