JULIAN HOEBER : Going Nowhere Pavilion #01
Going Nowhere Pavilion #01 (Breeze Block, Ben- Day Dot, Coleseum, Möbius Strip, Thought Problem) is a Möbius strip made from concrete breeze blocks in a variety of fleshy pinks and browns. Technically, the strip is a surface with one continuous side formed by joining the ends of a rectangular strip, but it has a direct relationship to methods of psychology. Famed psycho-analyst Jacques Lacan’s attempts to use topology — the study of geometric properties — to describe the human mind is a subject that Hoeber has explored for years. As with the Möbius strip form, what is inside and outside the self can quickly become indiscernible. Executed Variant DHS #1 (Q1, CJ, DC), a painting sited in a swimming pool connected to the adjoining property, is a loose variant on a series of paintings Hoeber titled “Execution Changes.” It is connected to its neighboring Möbius strip by proximity, but also by color. The painting, like the pavilion, is an image of the mind — a study of phenomenological consciousness. The sculpture and the painting attempt to parse how forms can represent the logical, irrational, historical, and corporeal experiences of human consciousness.
