Stephen Neidich’s latest art show titled _five more minutes please_ is one unlike any other. _five more minutes please_ is the second art show from Neidich at Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles. Inspired from his 2019 debut show _Wake Me Up When It’s Over,_ the LA-based artist re-explores the movement of kinetic blinds, this time emphasizing the chains.
"Ultimately these are machines, and the integrity comes not from their obsolescence, but from the grace of their intended performance,” says Neidich. “I started to think about the movement of this often dysfunctional object and how best to enhance it to the point of being performative.”
The sculptures are back lit with LED lights that vary in hues and gradients to represent the different personalities of each chain movement. As visitors enter the exhibition room they activate a motion sensor light, turning on solely the lights from each work, fully immersing them in the show.
“My work is about working in the studio and how the studio influences the work. So often it consists of these hulking motorized objects, and that’s part of the trip, but there’s something confusingly meditative that happens as you sit with these machines and allow them to hypnotize you,” says Neidich. “Despite what you might think, it’s shockingly quiet inside the space. What I want to give people is a peaceful symphony.”
_five more minutes please_ is on display until April 3rd, so check it out before you can’t!
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