autumn ahn
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solo exhibition and residency
Production support: Scott Reilly
In New England, there is a fifth season called ‘Mud Season’ that sits between Winter and Spring. ‘Mud Season’ tells us about the land’s mercurial thaw beneath our feet. It is not uncommon to see steam rising from frozen grounds, and to sink into what appeared to be solid road. Responding to the ongoing contextual transformations of the Wauregan building (the former paper mill that houses lower_cavity’s exhibtion spaces) and the shifting seasonal conditions outside, ‘on the genealogy of forms’ explored the fluctuating engtanglements between architecture, the natural world, and the body’s sensory translation of that exchange, using an expanded approach to the act of mark-making. Through alterations to the building’s internal steam-based heating system, linear metal drawings-in-space, and the manipulation of material conventions for the representation of the landscape, Ahn investigates the practical systems and forms that humans have invented to mitigate their relationship to the natural elements. Through site-responsive installations, her spare objects evoke phenomenological ideas around materiality that embodies time itself.