Jesse Stecklow – Terminal exhibition catalog

RT Alias in use for the catalog of Jesse Stecklow’s exhibition titled Terminal at the mumok in Vienna, designed by the artist himself:

The collection, analysis, and circulation of ecological data, often invisible to the human eye, is at the core of Jesse Stecklow’s artistic practice. The Los Angeles-based artist (b. 1993) works with a precisely defined repertoire of objects that oscillate between image, text and sound. His sculptures enter into a dialogue with their surrounding environment, effectively confusing the boundaries of the work. Stecklow is less concerned with the singular object itself. Rather, he is interested in the various narratives that are created through location-related shifts in context. Stecklow refers to his objects as characters. They take on different roles depending on the situation in which they find themselves, thus assuming multiple identities in divergent forms.

In his first European museum exhibition, Stecklow transformed the exhibition space into a waiting room. He presented various versions of his sculptures in repetition across displays he designed as a hybrid between luggage carousels and dining tables. These forms reflect the shifts between public and private spaces that have occurred throughout the pandemic: while heavily frequented airport terminals emptied, our hitherto lonely dining tables have filled up, becoming offices and school desks.

The text typeface is Stempel Garamond. The oldstyle roman used on the cover is yet unidentified [edit: it’s a layered combination of Cobra and Larish Alte, see comments].