CALIBRATION MATRIX
February 26 – April 2, 2022
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ENGAGE Projects is pleased to present CALIBRATION MATRIX, a solo exhibition featuring new work by Andrew Bearnot.
ENGAGE Projects is pleased to present CALIBRATION MATRIX, a solo show featuring new sculptural works in glass by Andrew Bearnot. This exhibition draws on Bearnot’s background in materials science and glassworking, introducing a vocabulary of forms which extend the artist’s investigation of calibration as a formal, philosophical, and political subject. Constantly shifting when viewed from different perspectives, the glass objects point to Bearnot’s interest in queer phenomenology and metaphysics.
The artist offers the following guided meditation as a framing text:
Pull a set of forms from the spiral of your mind. Imagine them as tools for attuning perception. Arrange your tools in an experimental field and study their interactions.
Consider your orientation to these forms. Feel yourself calibrating and being calibrated. Notice each form’s discrete qualities—gradients, twists, and undulations. Sculpt the air around and within. Conjure an opening, turning insides out.
Index states of in-betweenness and moments of transition. Reflect on waves of light. Sense the distortion of edges that veil and reveal. Detect the coiling and unfurling of space as it expands and contracts.
Gather together the calibration tools from your simulation field. Register how each one honed, distorted, and refined your perceptions. Make note of which forms were included within this matrix. Curl them back together, folding over and over, into infinity.
The artist offers the following guided meditation as a framing text:
Pull a set of forms from the spiral of your mind. Imagine them as tools for attuning perception. Arrange your tools in an experimental field and study their interactions.
Consider your orientation to these forms. Feel yourself calibrating and being calibrated. Notice each form’s discrete qualities—gradients, twists, and undulations. Sculpt the air around and within. Conjure an opening, turning insides out.
Index states of in-betweenness and moments of transition. Reflect on waves of light. Sense the distortion of edges that veil and reveal. Detect the coiling and unfurling of space as it expands and contracts.
Gather together the calibration tools from your simulation field. Register how each one honed, distorted, and refined your perceptions. Make note of which forms were included within this matrix. Curl them back together, folding over and over, into infinity.
Untitled (Uranium Helicoid), 2022
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10 1⁄2 x 4 x 4 in 26.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
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10 1⁄2 x 4 x 4 in 26.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Untitled (Clear Satin Unduloid), 2022
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15 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 in 39.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
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15 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 in 39.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Untitled (Clear Tapered Helicoid), 2022
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11 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 in 29.2 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
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11 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄2 in 29.2 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Untitled (Cyan Unduloid Tall), 2022
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18 1⁄2 x 3 x 3 in 47 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm
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18 1⁄2 x 3 x 3 in 47 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm
Untitled (Cyan Unduloid Wide), 2022
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14 x 4 x 4 in 35.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
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14 x 4 x 4 in 35.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Untitled (Cyan Satin Cloche), 2022
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19 x 4 x 4 in 48.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
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19 x 4 x 4 in 48.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Untitled (Grey Satin Unduloid), 2022
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16 x 1 3⁄4 x 1 3⁄4 in 40.6 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
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16 x 1 3⁄4 x 1 3⁄4 in 40.6 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Untitled (Green-grey Cylinder), 2022
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12 x 2 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 in 30.5 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
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12 x 2 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 in 30.5 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
Untitled (Grey Hourglass), 2022
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4 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄4 in 10.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm
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4 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄4 in 10.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm
Untitled (Grey Inverse Unduloid), 2022
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14 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in 37.5 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
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14 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in 37.5 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
Untitled (Blue-grey Inverse Unduloid), 2022
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8 1⁄2 x 2 x 2 in 21.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm
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8 1⁄2 x 2 x 2 in 21.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm
Untitled (Blue-grey Unduloid), 2022
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19 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 in 49.5 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
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19 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄2 in 49.5 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
Untitled (Iris Unduloid), 2022
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24 x 2 3⁄4 x 2 3⁄4 in 61 x 7 x 7 cm
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24 x 2 3⁄4 x 2 3⁄4 in 61 x 7 x 7 cm
Untitled (Iris Tapered Helicoid), 2022
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18 x 4 x 4 in 45.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
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18 x 4 x 4 in 45.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Untitled (Iris Cylinder), 2022
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11 1⁄4 x 3 x 3 in 28.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm
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11 1⁄4 x 3 x 3 in 28.6 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm
Untitled (Opaline Cylinder), 2022
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14 x 4 x 4 in 35.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
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14 x 4 x 4 in 35.6 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Untitled (Aurora Cloche), 2022
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21 1⁄2 x 6 x 6 in 54.6 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm
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21 1⁄2 x 6 x 6 in 54.6 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm
screen_capture_CMYK_003, 2019
monotype 30 x 22 in 76.2 x 55.9 cm |
screen_capture_CMYK_004, 2019
monotype 30 x 22 in 76.2 x 55.9 cm |
screen_capture_CMYK_006, 2019
monotype 30 x 22 in 76.2 x 55.9 cm |
Screen_capture_44x30_001, 2019
monotype 44 x 30 in 111.8 x 76.2 cm |
