Hierarchy
by Genevieve Leong at ISLANDS
16–27 April 2024

Hierarchy: Part I
2024

Hierarchy: Part I is a consolidation of individual assemblages by Genevieve Leong across multiple bodies of work, all of which deploy the method of stacking as the main gesture within the arrangement. The artist has given ‘hierarchy’ her own definition: “A stack of objects, or things, or humans, one on top of the other – does not actually exist”. The stack is not something that gives primacy to the topmost object, but is actually a structure that allows objects to be seen equally and in collaboration. Packed linearly together without overlaps such that each assemblage is in clear and distinct view with equal opportunity to be seen, the assemblages in their various forms are ‘put on a pedestal’, with a playful take on I_S_L_A_N_D_S as a window display.

Hierarchy: Part II
2024

Coming soon in May 2024

hierarchy: excerpts & extrapolations [research]
2020
A virtual residency by n ear

hierarchy: excerpts & extrapolations is a series of 12 Instagram posts developed over the course of a month-long residency at n ear. Defined by the artist as “A stack of objects, or things, or humans, one on top of the other – does not actually exist”, the work attempts to dismantle hierarchy in objects, words, medium, and time. It considers object as gap, as sketch, as painting, as assemblage, as poem, as photograph, as letter, as space. The result of the residency is an array of starting points, an overspill of excerpts that try to fit themselves in frame, ever ready to be further, and once again, extrapolated.

View the residency here.