Shelves are good places to organise things, like stacks of paper, bowls of fruit, vessels of cut flowers and other fleeting moments of attention. Sometimes ‘shelving’ something means taking it off the table, out of action, on pause. But a weekend of SHELF LIFE is rather time to let looking dart over the various surfaces gathered, and blink the dust out of the eyes.
A smaller, more domestic version of the already small-scale and domestic project known as LIFE (2020-2022), SHELF LIFE is an occasional exhibition space that appears when the books get put somewhere else. You’ll find it by going up the stairs and turning right (through the kitchen) and right again, or left (via the living room) and left again. You’ll see it. For its inaugural weekend, SHELF LIFE presents works on paper by Linus Bonduelle, Matt Hinkley, Ash Kilmartin and Liesbeth van Heuverswijn.
Photos and roomsheet by Linus.