Expected to Dance Installation
SPACES GALLERY 2020
Flags are meant to fly, to signal, to announce, to be legible. The two flags at the center of this show deny their nature and rest comfortably, wrapped in themselves.
While Holding Ground is projected into the space (paired with live wind conditions), it may also be viewed installed on top of the Striebinger building across the street from SPACES. That building was the former home of a gay bar complex and other gay gathering venues. It provides the site where Holding Ground now stands unchanged despite changing local conditions.
The other pieces displayed are gestural works meant to punctuate the statements of the two flags. These draw attention to the bodies, hospitality, mischief, and intimacy of our lost space while considering our present circumstances.