Paths for the Study of Contingent Dimensions

Soft Systems¹ in collaboration with Flatline Gallery² present Paths for the Study of Contingent Dimensions³, a group exhibition of five artists exploring the diagram⁴ as narrative. Here, the diagram operates as a vector for world-building⁵, constructing a new type of reality⁶ according to the patterns and structures through which the artist thinks, plotting rationality in spatial terms.

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Featuring work by Vivien Adamian⁷, J. Grace Giordano⁸, Ian James⁹, Tong Pan¹⁰, and Deb Sokolow¹¹. 

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Footnotes:

1. "Soft Systems is a contemporary art gallery that curates off-site exhibitions. It operates as a decentralized network of artists." (softsystems.site)

2. "FLATLINE is an emergent art gallery dedicated to work that moves between historical inquiry and contemporary technological practice." (flatlinegallery.com)

3. The title is inspired by Paul Klee's "Paths for the Study of Nature" (Bauhaus 1919–1923, Bauhaus Verlag) and Pedagogical Sketchbook.

4. "A diagram is a symbolic representation of information using visualization techniques." (Wikipedia)

5. Gilles Deleuze, "The Diagram," in Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

6. Jeffrey Hamburger, "Mindmapping: Diagrams in the Middle Ages – and Beyond"

7. (sites.google.com/view/vivien-adamian)

8. (jgracegiordano.com)

9. (ianjames.xyz)

10. (tongpan.world)

11. (debsokolow.com)

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