Four out of five artists of The Floor is Lava are returning for a second exhibition, attempting to iterate a constellation. The repetition of a constellation that is no longer the same confuses a ground that was already lava.
In our first exhibition, the work was bound to a specific situation—the floor, the underground, and the time spent together, contemplating on the carriers that facilitate us as a group. Transplanted into a new venue, the original context and its carriers feel stripped away, experiencing short circuits through the new space. The vulnerable concrete turned to linoleum, the signal changed, and the expectation of continuity is breaking down.
We do not see this loss of context as a failure, but rather as an opportunity to delve into the gaps it reveals. Expected to function in a different space, small illogicalities appear within the
works. The missing threads, structural friction, and negative spaces become active forces in the room that shape our navigation.
We are interested in what happens when a group of works enters a second life through these small absences. By opening up these dynamics, clashes, and gaps, we allow blank spots to become vessels for growth and regression. The ground has shifted, and we encounter each other again through the gaps.