Jordan Wason (Brooklyn, NYC) | October 2021

Installation of musical chairs, fabric, rocking horses, exercise bike, lamps, magazines, speakers, organ, piezo pickups, CRT T.V., laser etched signage; Happening series; Video ad series; Digital music recordings

The Waiting Room - 15ft x 12ft installation The Waiting Room Auditions - 9 video ad series, approx. 11min total runtime Musical Chairs - 6.5in x 4.5in laser engraved wood panel Rocking Horse - 6.7 x 4.5 laser engraved wood panel Mirror 1 (Musical Chairs) - _ x _ laser engraved mirror Mirror 2 (Rocking Horse) - _ x _ laser engraved mirror Mirror 3 (Cowboy Kid Chair) - _ x _ laser engraved mirror Mirror 4 (Twin Chairs) - _ x _ laser engraved mirror

Seeing that there was a Bureau of Illumination at Elsewhere, Jordan decided that there must also be a waiting room, as there is always waiting involved in any bureaucratic process. In a waiting room there is typically music, seating, and frustration. In this waiting room there are un-upholstered musical chairs, rolls of fabric, and instruments. The room and the objects themselves are put into a state of waiting for completion. Visitors are provided with the materials to work and create while waiting, in a process that both alleviates their frustration and saves the bureau a lot of money. Throughout the process Jordan wrote typewritten letters to the Bureau next door, which record the evolution of the room and its excavation-

William Plummer (Kansas City, MO) | Exchange (Kansas City) | August 2021Tapping into the unseen historical and spectral forces at Elsewhere, this altered cabinet functions as a permeable screen by drawing attention to effects of light and air within the Ghost Room. Through this atmospheric exchange, the sculpture commands a theatrical presence while drawing attention to its contents; stockings, beads, and pearls that drift and sway without the help of a body. "Perennial Channels" acknowledges the items we own that are meant to feel special or inspire wonder. From playful accessories to glass marbles, these things point at a commonality--the ways objects can undeniably reveal and reflect something about the people that have interacted with them.

Craig Deppen Auge (Kansas City, MO) | Exchange (Kansas City) | August 2021

Inspired by a single blue, shear stocking found on the first night in the museum, this work is an exploration of color, texture and transparency, while playfully referencing the “spirit energy” experienced by many. This installation of collection knee-highs directly responds to the Ghost Room, and various supernatural references through the museum, including a large spirit board in the stairwell. The legs appear to be dancing up and down the wall, having perhaps been summoned to life through the some accidental conjuring during the act of art-making. This is not a frightening invocation, but is rather vivacious and light-hearted. We are witnessing a spirit party, or more likely, the manifestation of the energy Elsewhere’s previous inhabitants through the years. This work also highlights the fashion of a particular era, and generally honors the variety of collection garments found in the Transformatorium.