Kelly Akashi
Twisty Doorknob

2015
Brass

Sean Raspet
C8 (Cyclooctane/OctaneCycle)

2014-2015
n-Octane, Octanal, 2-Octanone, 3-Octanone, Cyclooctanone, Cyclooctane
Dimensions variable

Sean Raspet
C8 (Cyclooctane/OctaneCycle)

2014-2015
n-Octane, Octanal, 2-Octanone, 3-Octanone, Cyclooctanone, Cyclooctane
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
Installation view with negative air machine

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
Installation view with negative air machine

Sean Raspet
Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

2014-2015
Detail of O2 meter

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
Installation view in basement

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
Installation view in basement

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (Axis Mundi)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (Axis Mundi)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (Axis Mundi)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (North East)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (South East)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (North West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (North West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi
Candle Filter Structure (North West)

2015
Aluminum, brass, handmade candles, synthetic basement scent, pillow, chewing gum
Dimensions variable

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
Installation view in Basement

Sean Raspet
Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

2014-2015
Sulfur Hexafluoride gas, steel, LDPE
5 wall panels
Dimensions variable

Sean Raspet
Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

2014-2015
Sulfur Hexafluoride gas, steel, LDPE
5 wall panels
Dimensions variable

Sean Raspet
Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

2014-2015
Sulfur Hexafluoride gas, steel, LDPE
5 wall panels
Dimensions variable

Sean Raspet
Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

2014-2015
Sulfur Hexafluoride gas, steel, LDPE
Detail

Kelly Akashi and Sean Raspet

2015
view of Candle Filter Structure (Axis Mundi)
through Space Filling Model (Expanded Octet)

For supplemental information on C8 (Cyclooctane/Octane Cycle) and Aldehyde Grid Variable Program click here.

Château Shatto is pleased to present an exhibition shared by Kelly Akashi & Sean Raspet.  An opening reception will be held on March 28, 2015, from 6 – 9 pm.

From 6pm on March 28, an online presentation of the exhibition will take place at www.chateaushatto.com/exhibition/xyzzy, in the form of a text-based adventure game, in which players may navigate the exhibition. 

SIDEWALK

You have been placed before an open gate in front of a building off a major city street. Beyond the gate is a door with a twisted handle.

>>examine door There is nothing special about the door aside from the strange doorknob. >>examine doorknob The brass doorknob looks split open. Pieces of it are spun clockwise. >>[turn/open] {the} [doorknob/knob/door/handle] It is difficult. You manage to clasp the handle and turn it. As you reach for it you are afraid that the handle will somehow grab back and not let go. You can’t remember the last time you touched a door knob. GALLERY – FACING SOUTH

The door opens. Passing through the threshold, you are in a brightly illuminated white room with high ceilings and light wooden floors. The room is elongated like a hallway and it appears to lead to another room in the distance. Everything about the architecture directs you towards the second room.

>>inspect room The only item visible in the room is a small vent on the left wall. >>examine vent

A gas of some sort is emanating from the vent. The gas has an unfamiliar smell.

>>examine gas

You can’t see the gas. It silently moves through the room.

 >>[smell/sniff/breath] gas

Are you sure you have lungs?

>>no

Would you like to have lungs?

>>yes

You breath from the vent for one minute, the scent begins to change

>>[smell/sniff/breathe] {more}

You begin to feel lightheaded and gasp for breath. As the daylight begins to dim, you feel yourself sinking into the wooden floor of the gallery. Despite your distance from the gases, they continue to displace the oxygen in your body. You convulse on the ground, wide-eyed in agony, as the sound of Nihura typing away at the keyboard is replaced by a buzzing white noise.

The exhibition runs through April 25, 2015. Château Shatto is open Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 pm, with appointments outside gallery hours welcome. Further inquiries may be directed towards gallery@chateaushatto.com.