PATH, 2008; installation; dimensions variable. Courtesy of i8 gallery, Reykjavík and Maribel Lopez Gallery, Berlin. Photo: diephotodesigner.de. Elín Hansdóttir's architectural interventions intend to alter our engagement with space and recalibrate optical experience. Her 2008 installation PATH cut off all functional areas of a Berlin gallery, filling it with a frenetic corridor. The gallery door opened directly onto a dimly lit hallway that zigzagged at severe angles while shafts of light--seeming to emanate subconsciously--punctuated the space's shadows. Hansdóttir addressed this and other topics when she recently spoke at Marin's Headlands Center for the Arts, describing how a visitor entered and... Read More