The Traffic of Clouds aims to question the standardized ways we use our everyday spaces and to present an alternative where a space’s function is not prescribed by convention but determined by its users. Spreading between rooms and reaching towards the ceiling, the new surfaces disrupt and reconfigure the planning of PROGRAM’s functions: the installation will dissolve the boundaries between exhibition space and office, hybridizing the formerly separated gallery and office functions.

view from entrance (photo: Hans-Georg Gaul)

This project was ultimately an experiment in collaborative thinking across disciplinary and methodological borders. The Logic of weaving and constant movement pervades both the built form and the wall painting. The tension in the wood fibers of the interwoven boards forms sturdy walls of lace. As if casting the negative space between the structure onto the gallery wall, Jan Christensen’s painting deepens the space of the room – blending color into changing views afforded by the installation.