Cling considers satellite dishes installed on buildings for their formal similarities to barnacles growing on a rock; as barnacles encrust a rock, satellites encrust a building. Satellites dishes are notable for their purpose as sites of transmission between space satellites, personal electronic devices, and the sublime realm of the digital world; barnacles for their ability to colonize and grow on any available surface. Installed in close-knit clusters on interior or exterior spaces, the barnacle encrusted satellites create a congregation of receptacles that are removed from their utilitarian purpose.
The main component of Traversing the line, with no fixed point is the “Iron horse” – a railway system that runs through an installation of ephemera, nostalgic paraphernalia, and cultural artifacts. The seductive power of the railway becomes the locomotive of human experience, carrying all of the splendor and wonder while simultaneously exposing the destructive nature of our own kind. Briana Palmer juxtaposes the conflicting narratives of collections through the process of transporting objects, both literally and conceptually, from their original context and relocating their history.