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Last Event at The Office of Non-Compliance: The Space InBetween

‘Space In-Between’ is a temporary installation at the Office of Non-Compliance shown as part of the exhibition at Earlsfort Terrace. This exhibition addresses the experience of the building by the visitor. Moving away from the pristine white space of the art gallery, the curatorial team have left exposed the remnants of wall paper, holes left by rusty nails, imprints of wooden wall panels, plaques and signage from the building’s life as a university campus. This curatorial decision to retain the original character of Earlsfort Terrace has added an extra layer to the experience of the exhibition. The architecture exerts it’s own presence as more than just a backdrop to the show but a reminder of the cultural history held in the building’s walls.

Artist and curator Varvara Shavrova has created a series of intimate photographs and sound recordings of confrontations between the art and the architecture over a period of one month. Rooms around Earlsfort Terrace and the works in them were recorded during different times of day, with changing natural and artificial different light, and also with presences and absences of the public, the attendants, and the artists in the spaces.

‘Space In-Between’ is presented as a slide show projected loop and a sound loop in the Office of Non-Compliance on the second floor of Earlsfort Terrace and will be available to the public from October 25th until the exhibition closes on October 31st.

The issues raised in ‘Space In-Between’ will serve as a framework to discuss the relationship between the architecture and the art at Dublin Contemporary. An informal discussion will be held at The Office of Non-Compliance, between artist and curator Varvara Shavrova, Dublin Contemporary curator Christian Viveros-Fauné, Architect and former President of the Architectural Association of Ireland, Hugo Lamont, Dublin Contemporary programme manager Kathy Scott, and more.