“Cave Unfold I”, “Cave Unfold II” by The ZoNE

(Bronwyn Lace and Marcus Neustetter) (Left)

“Blots IV” by Bronwyn Lace. (Right)

The act of folding always leaves a crease in paper, and any subsequent act could never erase it. It is in the crease that new forms and questions emerge. Bronwyn Lace and Marcus Neustetter explore what happens in the crease as a place for revealing that which is hidden, as well as that which is speculated and imagined. Prompted by the method of psychological inkblot testing, Lace employs multiple Rorschach-style folds to create this exhibition, while Neustetter is focusing of the process of making, the paper, the mark, the attempts for folded form, the map that frames, the line that defines the edge, the paper edge that defines the end.

Calligraphy ink in varying consistencies is carefully applied and pressed into cotton rag paper. Lace enjoys the tension between definitude and chance in the process of creating these works, as her hands and eyes can never fully control the results. Ultimately, the symmetry of each mark reminds us of forms of life, from the inner organ to the insect to the human: the process and resulting imagery give birth to infinite readings.

Both artists use mirrored and manipulated objects, footage, alphabets, morphology, syntax, and semantics. These works have been created in the framework of ‘The Zone’. Based in Vienna, the Zone is a transdisciplinary collective that operates across the arts and sciences. The collective draws their convergent practices together by taking the act of folding and unfolding as a focal point in this series.