A large yellow balloon slowly deflated under a fifty-pound piece of clear plexiglass. The weight of the plexi both stabilized and squished the balloon. Seen through a window in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, viewers may have noticed subtle shifts in form throughout the duration of the exhibit.
Inside the space, there were three shelves with zines made of sun-exposed drawings on construction paper. The zines, titled, coffee table books, priced at a sliding scale of $0-10, were meant to be taken home by viewers. Instead of purporting to be archival, these books admittedly fade and show wear. They invite viewers to witness change over time as a subtle reminder that everything is temporary.
Pressing Time alludes to the physical act of pressing something and to a copy or book press. Both the larger piece in the window and the more intimate zines inside use time and elements such as sunshine and changing temperatures as materials in the artworks themselves. Through a language that accepts instability and the possibility of failure, the works in this exhibition express emotional weight, temporality, joy, and humor.