The hybrid experimentalism of Ara Peterson’s past projects has featured large-scale environments incorporating painting, video, sculptural and performative elements. In these previous installations, fluid dynamics, kinetic energy and a boundless set of impressions were created as the spectator was saturated with layers of evolving imagery. Building on his previous work and collaborations, elements of Peterson’s complex process are stripped down in this new exhibition and presented in stark relief, revealing the interplay between his powerful static shapes and moving forms.

The pieces in Peterson’s new exhibition are designed precisely to generate optical feedback within the mind of the viewer. Physical manipulations are used to mechanically cut shapes into streams, translating interwoven patterns by adding or eliminating the element of time. This purely generative approach produces geometric facets through which dimensions are simultaneously pulled from space and multiplied beyond recognition. The result is a vocabulary of autonomously self-organizing visual morphologies positioning the perceptions as the prime aesthetic function in the reception of these intriguing new works.