Interdisciplinary artist A.K. Burns presents an in-depth look at Negative Space, her four-part epic that includes a series of multi-channel video installations and related works which explore the violence of boundary making practices and the potential agency enacted through subjugated positions. Each video in the series is a non-linear allegorical narrative built around a physical system: power (the sun), the body, space (void/land) and water. Through a process of conjuring and deconstructing science fiction tropes, the videos operate at the intersection of politics and fantasy. Negative Space raises questions about the allocation of resources, environmental fragility, marginalized bodies, and their relationship to place. Set in a speculative present, the premise of the Negative Space tetralogy is to envision a new materialist cosmology wherein hierarchical relations permute.
New York City, NY; NYC