you will be mist

Casimir Ernest Gasser, Nuno Patrício, Stefan Schwartzman

@darkZone, New Jersey

September 2, 2019

Immensely fragile and imminently broken, this husk you inhabit is yours until it isn’t. I don’t know where the pieces of you go once you’ve left yourself behind.

 

Everything is a tomb if you want it to be. The entryway to this one is a door without a key. What waits below has been there the whole time. Proceeding forward through the stacks of boxes and scattered personal effects, you allow yourself to relive the moments they represent. Your nostalgia is auto-tuned to the humming of the dwindling bulbs overhead. A bright light ushers you along the narrow path to the back of the room. The beaming rectangular hole you encounter emanates an uncharacteristically bright light, beckoning your tribute.

Nuno Patrício EXHAUSUNN AT THE GATES OF KRANALITH wood, coal, gatorboard, synthetic polymer paint, steel, hardware parts, varnishes, latex, epoxy, glass fiber mesh, chain, screws, dry wheat, pewter, antique sheet music cut-out, decal letters 2019

A small sign adorned with scraps of musical notes and a singular piece of wheat welcomes you to this site of memorial. Theres not enough room to stand, but you can crawl and lie down comfortably here. The walls are covered with aged relics and pictures in odd frames. This life laid bare is full of embellished narratives, sensitively expressed figurations, and cherished objects, now cracking and rugged with age.

 

Your contemplation is weighed down by the musty air around you, which has now invaded every crevice of your form. Every breath you take replaces healthy air with wet basement fog. As you acclimate to your new environment you imagine that soon, you will be mist.

Casimir Ernest Gasser Sucker-punch to the mayor before the big feast pencil on paper, peanut shells 16”x12” 2019
Stefan Schwartzman Small 1 framed, 11”x14 2018
Casimir Ernest Gasser Gobi Shiff’s last treasure expedition pencil on paper, wood, fork 2019
Nuno Patrício DUPLICATION OF EFFORT I (The one that is unidentified) wood, aluminum foil, gatorboard, synthetic polymer paint, tissue paper, hydrocal, varnishes, archival inkjet print, white screen print, organic cotton fleece, dry roots, static grass flock, synthetic leather, tacks 2019
Casimir Ernest Gasser species pencil on paper, wood, metal, dead bird 2019
Stefan Schwartzman Small 2 framed, 11”x14 2018
Stefan Schwartzman Small 3 framed, 11”x14 2018
Casimir Ernest Gasserc cyborg satyr hypnotizes his next victim (webbed toes) pencil on paper, wood, fabric, metal 2019
Casimir Ernest Gasserc cyborg satyr hypnotizes his next victim (webbed toes) pencil on paper, wood, fabric, metal 2019
Nuno Patrício DUPLICATION OF EFFORT II (The one that is oozing) wood, aluminum foil, gatorboard, synthetic polymer paint, tissue paper, hydrocal, varnishes, archival inkjet print, white screen print, organic cotton fleece, dry roots, static grass flock, synthetic leather, tacks 2019
Stefan Schwartzman Small 4 framed, 11”x14 2018
Nuno Patrício EXHAUSUNN AT THE GATES OF KRANALITH wood, coal, gatorboard, synthetic polymer paint, steel, hardware parts, varnishes, latex, epoxy, glass fiber mesh, chain, screws, dry wheat, pewter, antique sheet music cut-out, decal letters 2019
Stefan Schwartzman Small 5 framed, 11”x14 2018

you will be mist
Casimir Ernest Gasser, Nuno Patrício, Stefan Schwartzman


At darkZone, New Jersey, USA
September 2, 2019

 

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