Barham, Franck and Spranzi each work with the movement of images and materials between formats, scales and contexts. Printed matter, photographic images and everyday materials appear as elements within larger spatial compositions. Framed works derived from book pages sit alongside photographic sequences, prints and gestures that extend beyond the frame, allowing images to unfold across the wider architectural field.
Barham’s contribution centres on her text scores. Through multiple iterations, language is stretched, reordered and distributed by voices and across surfaces. In the wallpaper work, documentation of an earlier installation is re-presented at scale and pasted to the wall and over objects, so that the photographed architecture overlays and interferes with the existing space.
Franck’s work similarly expands painting beyond a single support. Alongside framed works made on pages from books and magazines, she develops sculptural elements from aluminium, fabric, lamps, cables and paper, forming installations where painting, photography and material gesture operate as part of a larger spatial composition. In these works, abstraction relates to exhibition space, architecture, found objects and materiality, while also searching for a very light, vibrant feel; a directness of movement that reflects mood and interiority.
Spranzi’s practice is rooted in photography, her book works allowing images to unfold sequentially and be handled, revisited and encountered over time. Rather than functioning as documentation, the book operates as a parallel structure, extending the work beyond the gallery and introducing a different rhythm of viewing. For this exhibition, Spranzi will also bring prints into the space, further opening the relationship between photographic image, printed matter and circulation.
