![Installation view](/static/7ec3eae4c9a8c970c3ce5534de40f2d6/3fe9a/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-3.jpg)
Exhibition Space
An installation that explores the gallery as a social construction. Through observation of the gallery architecture and research into its history I developed an installation that exposed the gallery – windows that existed but were ignored, artifacts that were unearthed and moved. The room could have simply been a classroom if the room had been labeled as such, but since it is labeled a fine art gallery people enter it in a different way and have different expectations from it.
I explored the six major planes of the gallery cube – ceiling, floor and walls by investigating the surfaces and drawing attention to what existed behind the surfaces. I drilled holes in the drywall, exposing the window behind and created a camera lucida by projecting through a lens onto frosted plexiglass. A security monitor recorded the adjacent closet housing the gallery coordinator.
The installation emitted a drone sound and remained that way until a person entered the cube. Upon entering, sensors detected their presence and allowed them to ‘perform’ the cube by using their body to distort the video and audio. The video was a live feed and would capture images of the last person who activated the central cube, keeping their image static until the next subject entered the space. The sensor was a Theremin and has subsequently been used in performances of Temporal Interference.
![Exhibition Space 1 by Bryan Leister](/static/0ce59ac79c379fa19a4e98787603bc05/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-1.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 10 by Bryan Leister](/static/f195ed0322419af5ae7a16060036f2fa/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-10.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 11 by Bryan Leister](/static/8eb4901d761209af36d1918264d4b1b4/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-11.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 12 by Bryan Leister](/static/c647b6b385f97356ec5a081bd63afa0e/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-12.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 13 by Bryan Leister](/static/a10e32b998012ac1efe5db1373ee386f/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-13.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 2 by Bryan Leister](/static/794c7835c98b7564bd32cc4f730c0a4d/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-2.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 3 by Bryan Leister](/static/7ec3eae4c9a8c970c3ce5534de40f2d6/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-3.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 4 by Bryan Leister](/static/301c8d6a888be0bcc1815dbf205c48a6/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-4.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 5 by Bryan Leister](/static/3a4a8f985f4588b0a5628b9cecbe960c/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-5.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 6 by Bryan Leister](/static/ad73877a1b2eb75678bea657962a85e7/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-6.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 7 by Bryan Leister](/static/52f5f001f46c54285bc86606b218338f/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-7.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 8 by Bryan Leister](/static/cf975073edf054d66c9113f5f8782876/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-8.jpg)
![Exhibition Space 9 by Bryan Leister](/static/85245da0eb2dd071f5163281b58a9997/d3fc0/2006-09-10-Exhibition-Space-9.jpg)