Grounding Space

Remixing stylistic traditions and historical ornament and embracing the fantastical, this exhibition explores dimensionality—in virtual and physical realms—with natural and synthetic materials and through both traditional and exploratory functional objects. As our experience of space becomes more expansive, we remain inextricably tethered to the Earth. The work highlights curiosity and imagination as modes of exchange and understanding, all the while navigating diverse contextual realities.

Grounding Space expands upon traditional furniture archetypes and alludes to atmospheric forces, poetically wielding light and employing materials made possible by advances in industry. It invites us to consider the act of creation as an opportunity for irreverence, homage, and complexity. From 1800s farm equipment to the powerful cultural symbolism of animals and the creative possibilities of circuit boards, the work in this exhibition is an amalgam of time and space—a collective composition—that grounds us in the now.

Directed by faculty members Pete Oyler, Jonah Takagi, Amy Devers. Graphic Design by Casey Callahan. Photography by Jonah Takagi.