Latham Zearfoss: Third Space
In Third Space, artist Latham Zearfoss brings a suite of poetic interventions to the garden of The Arts Club of Chicago. United by a primary color scheme of red, yellow, and blue, these sculptural and auditory works share the format of two-sidedness, as in a fence or an angle. The gestures try to make us aware of the oppositionality of 鈥渦s and them鈥� by changing our attention. We are interrupted as we walk past or around the garden by unexpected appearances鈥攁 tree trunk turned sculptural, a change in color for a familiar structure, hand-crafted ceramic decor that might be accidental, or the sound of a tennis match with no clear source. Viewers are subtly invited to cross 鈥渟oft borders鈥� or boundaries and thereby make an active choice to align themselves in new ways.
Zearfoss consciously works with eco-neutral, organic, and otherwise climate-conscious materials to minimize their impact and waste. In an increasingly divided culture, Zearfoss seeks to engage the possibility that we could choose not to take sides, but instead would create a 鈥渢hird space鈥� where binaries are not the norm.
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In Third Space, artist Latham Zearfoss brings a suite of poetic interventions to the garden of The Arts Club of Chicago. United by a primary color scheme of red, yellow, and blue, these sculptural and auditory works share the format of two-sidedness, as in a fence or an angle. The gestures try to make us aware of the oppositionality of 鈥渦s and them鈥� by changing our attention. We are interrupted as we walk past or around the garden by unexpected appearances鈥攁 tree trunk turned sculptural, a change in color for a familiar structure, hand-crafted ceramic decor that might be accidental, or the sound of a tennis match with no clear source. Viewers are subtly invited to cross 鈥渟oft borders鈥� or boundaries and thereby make an active choice to align themselves in new ways.
Zearfoss consciously works with eco-neutral, organic, and otherwise climate-conscious materials to minimize their impact and waste. In an increasingly divided culture, Zearfoss seeks to engage the possibility that we could choose not to take sides, but instead would create a 鈥渢hird space鈥� where binaries are not the norm.
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