Five Possible Permutations

Five Possible Permutations, 2024

Does the idea of something serving the function of art require the presence of another? In this instance presence presented itself as activation of a space at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, patrons moving through an exhibition breezeway, moving left to right, right to left, sitting, standing, and absent.

I began investigating the museum space when a patron said, “art is not in the museum, it is the museum.” What brings a museum to life? What makes it a museum? The complicity of the people occupying it, transversing the spaces appeared paramount to defining its purpose.