collaborative exhibition with artist, alejandro t. acierto.
Set within the first colonized neighborhood of the Coastal Salish people, in Seattle, WA. This artwork transformed the gallery into a layered site of remembrance and exposure. The gallery surface is a historical bridge connecting the camera, shower, and archive. We built a pinhole camera out of the space to document the site, tiled the north and south walls, and made an exposure of the exterior. Our work and research share a dialogue in non-linear sites of photographic space, like archives and prisons, that shape conditions of state capture.
Together, we stay with, and stage, the architecture that remains.
Pictured from top to bottom [all images have an amber cast from the photo-sensitive lighting installed for the pinhole exposure and processing that happened on-site and during the run of the exhibition]:
installation [overall] view at Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
production image of artists developing exposure tests in the gallery
[left: Dan Paz, right: alejandro t. acierto
Untitled (south wall)
4.25in white ceramic tile, grout, cement board, caulk [a horizontal photograph, documenting a tiled, shower wall, with amber-colored light
Standard Bath Towel with Untitled (north wall)
handmade porcelain, glaze embroidery thread; steel rack by Julia Heineccius
28 minutes, 3:30 pm
16in x 24in
4.25in white ceramic tile, liquid light, plywood [a 16in by 24in, 4in by 5in white tiles with an exposure of the exterior of the building
.575 mm diameter; pinhole, black paint, curtain, light
West-facing storefront window with glass painted black, a 0.575 mm hole was carved out as the lens. Dark drapes hang at either edge of window.
State-Issue Washcloth 2 [bottom right]
handmade porcelain tiles, glaze
State- Issue Washcloth 1
12in x 12in
handmade porcelain, glaze, embroidery thread
Untitled (north wall) [back]
4.25in white ceramic tile, grout, cement board, caulk;
[front, left] Study table 2 by alejandro t. acierto; steel, archival e-flute corrugated board, ink on vellum, PH-balanced