Analog · Zilvinas Kempinas

In his first solo exhibition with the gallery, Zilvinas Kempinas presents a suite of works that punctuate historic and newly debuted moments of his career. His approach emphasizes curiosity and economical use of materials, employing readymade objects combined with invisible natural forces—air currents, magnetism, and gravity—as sculptural elements. A fan attached to a bicycle wheel spins lengthy strips of magnetic tape at the entrance of the gallery. The magnetic tape sourced from VHS cassettes creates white noise while oscillating, transforming outdated technology into a physical phenomenon with visceral presence. Panels covers all gallery walls using magnetic tape in static, symmetrical arrangements, creating optical illusions and manipulating sight lines through evenly spaced vertical lines that generate reflective periphery and expansive planes. Flaming Tape uses an industrial fan and select pieces of untethered tape, with breeze guiding the material into flame-like gestures before creating freefall patterns. Bearings features thousands of small ball bearings that sit half-submerged in mineral oil with magnets on a rotating disc below the surface, creating endlessly evolving abstract patterns. Nautilus is a large disk suspended horizontally from a single wire cable with ball chains cascading along its perimeter in varying lengths, revolving to create overlapping optical scenes. The title work Analog was filmed rather than digitally rendered—two pieces of paper attached to string that are enlivened by the breeze of a fan.