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exhibition design and signage for the inaugural Public, Private, Secret exhibition (in collaboration with Geoff Han).
exhibition design and signage for the inaugural Public, Private, Secret exhibition (in collaboration with Geoff Han).
3 – exhibition entry. upon entering visitors are faced with a wall of mirrors. (image credit: bertrand cavalier)
working with the curator charlotte cotton, common room organized the public, private, secret exhibition in layers of transparent and reflective surfaces. the art work in the exhibition is mounted directly to clear acrylic panels, single sided mirrors and 2-way mirrors. the free standing partitions in gallery 1 and gallery 2 are a modular framework that support the acrylic panels and establish a sequence of experiences in the galleries where visitors look through partitions or see their own reflection on the borders of the artwork. the modular partitions will be repurposed for future exhibitions at the bowery museum.
for the public, private, secret exhibition signage, 3 cut vinyl text masks were created as the main exhibition signage: a white vinyl text mask over glass; a black vinyl text mask over a white-painted wall; and a white vinyl text mask over a black-painted wall. the 3 signs result in an optical play between positive and negative form. all captions for the exhibition are set large and in black and white cut vinyl at a fixed height throughout the exhibition.