The Clayman Institute for Gender Research

In this large-scale solo exhibition of new kinetic sculptures and sound installations, Terry Berlier, a former Clayman Institute Faculty Research Fellow, continues her investigations and subtly humorous interpretations of recording time. Berlier’s elaborately constructed works will consume all of the ICA galleries, including the front windows and exit corridor. The title of the show appropriates words used in the term of a complicated mathematical model – loop-erased random walk – that capture the emotions, ideas, stories, and experiences that Berlier examines and re-examines in her practice. “This body of interdisciplinary work continues lines of experimentation through kinetic and sound sculptures that address both environmental and human breakdown,” says Berlier. “The work stems from the natural world and environmental sciences as well as the evolution of human interaction with that world. Whether they’re geological time keepers or personal markers of time, the works in this exhibition offer both playful and serious inquiries into how we interact with the earth and with each other,” explains Berlier.

This exhibition is generously supported in part by Doris and Alan Burgess, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University, WaveGroup, and the ICA Director’s Circle. The opening reception will be Friday, November 15, 6pm-8pm.

Terry Berlier is a Bay Area interdisciplinary artist who works primarily with sculpture and expanded media. Her work is often kinetic, interactive and/or sound based and focuses on everyday objects, the environment, ideas of nonplace/place and queer practice. Berlier is a former Clayman Institute Faculty Research Fellow.