Space Invaders, the inaugural exhibition at Rose Contemporary, opens Friday, July 1, and runs through August 27. Created for the occasion, Coping Mechanics measures 16.25 x 70 inches. The edition has 22 impressions, which are available mounted or unmounted. Opening reception 5-8 pm, 492 Congress St., Portland, ME.
• Scroll down for installation photos of Coping Mechanics
• read Sarah Bouchard's review in The Bollard
• visit Rose Contemporary's Space Invaders exhibition page
Note the imperfections on the wall that are visible/re-produced on the left edge of the print. Each of nine documents of other humans' efforts to operate at optimal capacity was photographed hanging on the portion of the gallery wall that its doppelganger now obscures. The resultant images were stitched together to form a unified wide-format re-presentation of a configuration and moment that exists in both the gallery's past and present. Contact the artist for a file in which the content of each list is legible.
