- Courtesy of Tom Van Eynde
- Gabriel Sierra, installation view, 2015
Gabriel Sierra’s first solo show in the United States, currently at the Renaissance Society, is a site-specific installation that comprises 14 pieces with corresponding instructions that encourage audience interaction. The exhibition, which holds no static title, changes names each hour of the day that it is open. This constant change gives the audience a chance to view the exhibition through several different lenses and stay with the work longer than the typical ten-minute glance over. The instructions are a little strange, but I decided to spend the day in the minimalistic exhibition following them as accurately as possible, despite inquiring glances from fellow patrons. The list of instructions for the exhibition were written by the artist himself, and the full brochure with corresponding cartoons can be found here.
The exhibit reminds me of minimalist workout centers found in public parks and along short hikes.
What instructions did Sierra give the Ren Society staff?
2 PM “In the Meantime, (This Place Will be Empty After 5:00 PM).”
- Spend 12 minutes, eight minutes, and six minutes in each platform area while pretending to be in the past, present, and future. I’m currently trapped in the past section. I glance back to the pieces I inhabited prior to this. I try not to look at the current patrons because I think they are the present which isn’t until the next eight minutes.
I notice the platform I’m on is perfectly lined up with the floor tiles. I see myself in the tiles. I wave.
