Situation NY

The porous pink walls of the blobby creation announce themselves from the sidewalk, exploiting the hinged-panel storefront facade by Steven Holl and Vito Acconci. This is one of those installations that take advantage of the gallery's narrow and tapered space, creating something intimate yet uncanny. Although the statement on the Storefront for Art and Architecture website esoterically says the installation "raises questions about context, sensorial readings, estrangement and the uncanny tangentially resonating with contemporary debates around the ontology of objects," Situation NY's appeal is more sensorial than intellectual. The sights, sounds and movement of bodies through the spaces – both inside the installation and between it and the Storefront space – combine to create an otherworldly experience.