HSUBAND

Catinca Malaimare's solo show, Step 2: HSUBAND, marks the second entry in a four-part inquiry into our times. The series follows a persistent momentum—a pursuit where a drive for results collides with uncertainty.

A generative machine's utopian vision of space may overlook the circulation of human bodies within. Over the course of Steps 1 through 4, the same spatial parameters are reshuffled, offering a glitched, virtual interpretation of a simple architectural premise. A dice roll determines the arrangement of the space, creating absurd outcomes. The installation's core elements are suspended between ornament and function, ascension and concealment, challenging the limits of the gallery space and its vantage points.

In this second entry, the installation and performance examine the codified language of industrial taxonomy, where binary nomenclature reifies gendered power dynamics through seemingly neutral technical discourse. The work interrogates how these taxonomies permeate manufacturing protocols, architectural specifications, and engineering standards, revealing the subtle ways normative gender constructs infiltrate objective systems of production and assembly.


This show is the second in a four-part experimental curatorial project led by Melle Nieling and Amélie Mckee.