  Slab in Temporary Space Slab announces our next exhibition project, Slab in Temporary Space, which elaborates on the idea of the slab itself and the temporal relationships that exist between an artwork and its location—both physically and conceptually. In addition to working collaboratively with artists, the heart of Slab's mission is to engage in a symbiotic relationship with our surroundings, often in experimental or unexpected locations. But what if our potential exhibition surroundings and collaborating artists are inaccessible due to lack of funds, time constraints, or other prohibitive conditions? One way to answer this question is with a viral, digital approach. Therefore, we are inviting a limited number of artists from around the globe to submit, via email, a digital photograph of one of their exisiting artworks in a temporary location—specifically an area (either interior or exterior) that is arguably unconventional. We are asking for images that propose ideas and questions about locations, expectations, performance, and presentation. We, in turn, will present the images as a single digital projection installation in Temporary Space, a shared-use warehouse project space near downtown Houston, TX. In this way, we aim to present new ideas of where and what collaboration and installation can be. Participating artists: Laura Aldridge, Justin Boyd, Nick Brown, Enrique Castrejon, Kim Collmer, Jason David, Michael Decker, Alyssa Gorelick, Deva Graf, Julia Hechtman, Jon Irving, Rachel de Joode, Louisa Van Leer, Karen Lofgren, Dashiell Manley, Frederique de Montblanc, TV Moore, Kia Neill, Amy Patton, Melissa Scherrer, Mindy Rose Schwartz, Jason Underhill, Max Warsh and Chris Wilder. The Temporary Space Image: Haus im Meer (House in the Water) by Kim Collmer |