Parallaxe Art Center

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Main view of the Parallaxe façade, combining pale concrete, a glazed entrance and weathered steel.
Parallaxe Center for Contemporary Art
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Venue
Parallaxe Center for Contemporary Art
Exhibition
Example — Conditions of Stillness
Visit
December 6, 2025 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Overview

The exhibition considers stillness as an active condition. It examines how extraction, balance, memory, resonance and circulation become perceptible through materials whose changes unfold slowly or remain close to the threshold of awareness.

Seven spaces

Main view of the Parallaxe façade, combining pale concrete, a glazed entrance and weathered steel.

Route space

Facade

Pale concrete, glass and weathered steel establish the visit’s first threshold.

Bright reception hall with pale walls, a welcome desk and access to the galleries.

Route space

Reception Hall

A bright reception space leads toward the galleries and begins the documented route.

North Gallery, a spacious exhibition room with white walls and diffuse light.

Route space

North Gallery

A spacious white room with diffuse light houses the first mineral works.

South Gallery, a quiet open space for paintings and installations.

Route space

South Gallery

Its open volumes create a slow rhythm between surfaces and installations.

Dark immersive room designed for projection, light and sound works.

Route space

Immersive Room

A darkened space brings together projection, light phenomena and sound works.

Museum bookshop with display tables, art books and pale wood furniture.

Route space

Bookshop

Editions and art books extend the visit through a final moment of consultation.

The centre’s garden, with mineral paths and light planting.

Route space

Garden of Perspectives

Mineral paths and light planting provide a pause between galleries.

Featured artworks

Main view Silent Quarry: fractured limestone blocks supported by a dark patinated steel structure.

Maya Henderson · 2024 · Geological translations

Silent Quarry

Limestone, blackened steel, graphite and quarry dust

Main view Folded Horizon: a sequence of curved oak forms held by a steel structure.

Daniel Mercer · 2023 · Suspended structures

Folded Horizon

Anodised aluminium, dry pigment, stainless-steel cable and counterweights

Main view Drift Memory: concrete, weathering steel and charred wood fragments arranged like a ruined architecture.

Olivia Brooks · 2024 · Images in time

Drift Memory

Silver-gelatin prints, salt, glass, aluminium and programmed light

Main view Threshold: translucent textile veils suspended in successive layers.

Ethan Caldwell · 2022 · Passage and resonance

Threshold

Weathered steel, contact microphones, transducers and four-channel sound

Main view Stone Echo: carved limestone, sand and a narrow circulating stream of water.

Noah Whitaker · 2021 · Geological translations

Stone Echo

Basalt, cast bronze, beeswax and felt

Main view Mineral Veil: suspended linen panels coated with mineral pigments and marble powder.

Elian Varga · 2023 · Suspended structures

Mineral Veil

Handwoven linen, mica, iron oxide, chalk and aluminium mesh

Main view Quiet Horizon: a nearly monochrome surface made with mineral pigments, lime and graphite.

Sofia Lindström · 2022 · Images in time

Quiet Horizon

Single-channel 4K video, colour and stereo sound

Main view Residual Light: blown-glass forms crossed by projected light.

Claire Beaumont · 2024 · Light and circulation

Residual Light

Salvaged glass, projection, architectural dust, optical filters and timed blackout

Main view Echo Field: limestone forms connected to steel elements and acoustic resonators.

Luca Moretti · 2023 · Passage and resonance

Echo Field

Forty-eight ceramic vessels, vibration transducers, multichannel audio and live acoustic processing

Main view Silent Current: water circulating quietly over basalt framed by black steel.

Avery Collins · 2024 · Light and circulation

Silent Current

Recirculating water, stainless steel, polarising filters, LED light and control system

Visit timeline

  1. 1
    Facade

    Pale concrete, glass and weathered steel establish the visit’s first threshold.

  2. 2
    Reception Hall

    A bright reception space leads toward the galleries and begins the documented route.

  3. 3
    North Gallery

    A spacious white room with diffuse light houses the first mineral works.

  4. 4
    South Gallery

    Its open volumes create a slow rhythm between surfaces and installations.

  5. 5
    Immersive Room

    A darkened space brings together projection, light phenomena and sound works.

Final export

Parallaxe journal
Document produced by P-Expo.
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