Do I still cross your mind?

Artist: August Clintberg

2017 at Eric Harvie Satellite Space, Banff Centre

Do I still cross your mind? asks visitors to navigate components of the exhibition using altered perspectives through a number of reflective metal serving trays positioned outside of the space beyond the threshold of the windows. This project recalls the display strategies used in many museums that have ceiling frescos and murals: to aid the viewer’s perspective on such artworks, institutions distribute mirrored panels to visitors, which viewers look down into to perceive what is above them. This strategy grants a view that is reversed, distorted, and theoretically queer. This project similarly offers a look awry at assembled artworks in the Biennial, asking visitors to explore the space keeping in mind the simple interrogatory directive “Do I still cross your mind?”