Lotus Laurie Kang: In Cascades

Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2 June to 30 July

A suspended structure, demarcated by hanging swathes of coloured film affixed with magnets to metal beams known as SuperJoists, has set up camp in the gallery like a transitory cloister. Its margins lead in and out of a cluster of room-like enclosures whose absent walls and blind alleys alternate between privacy and openness. Like dormant screens, the lengths of glossy film bear evidence of previous use and reflect their surroundings. The photosensitive material picked up colour when it was exposed to light in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and in a purpose-built greenhouse in nearby Milton, Ontario. In London, the unfixed film will continue to change or, as Lotus Laurie Kang calls it, 'tan', as it registers ambient light from windows and spotlights, as well as shadows cast by architectural features, the artwork itself, and the bodies and belongings of visitors. While the stacked horizontal bands of colour on some of the film seem to sketch out minimal landscapes, their muted hues of red, sulphur yellow and milky browns also evoke organic tones found inside the body. The life of this sensitive material will continue to play out imperceptibly slowly until it becomes exhausted and...