HungryMan Gallery presents, Metatron's Roof, a large scale site-specific installation by Jacob C Hammes. The underlying structure is the result of applying the logic of Metatron's Cube to the architecture of the gallery space, a three dimensional equivalent of the two-dimensional geometric figure called the "flower of life". In mythology, the cube is formed from the archangel Metatron's soul. Metatron's Roof uses the cube as a springboard for investigating a possible relationship between geometry and human psychology — suggesting the presence of an attic under our feet, a place where things are discarded but not thrown away. The roof is constructed on the floor and must be climbed on to enter the space, bringing the audience high enough to touch the ceiling, and containing at its center a illuminated biological form. Showing alongside the installation is a series of smaller sculptures derived from platonic solids and other regular geometric forms, and possessing a certain house-like character.

Jacob C Hammes is a Chicago based interdisciplinary artist whose range of projects investigate the strained relationships and sites of interaction between humans and the natural world. Hammes' work is primarily concerned with the desire to emulate nature and our ability to understand it. Primarily using sculpture, digital media, and hypnosis, Hammes attempts to reveal the struggle to connect with our own animal identity. Hammes has exhibited and performed extensively throughout the US and internationally, most recently at Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts in Auckland, New Zealand. Hammes' work and various projects have been reviewed in publications such as Art Papers, Proximity Magazine, and the Leonardo Music journal.

November 6 — December 19, 2010

Opening Reception 6-11pm, Saturday November 6
Closing Reception 4-7p, Sunday December 19