Sensing Earth Space





Sensing Earth Space
Exhibition statement





Sensing Earth Space Titik Dua, Bali, Indonesia 27 Jan - 3 Feb, 2025


- A collaborative social space pop-up in Bali by Ben Khan and Arran Gregory.



Beyond the faculties of the bodily senses lies an enigmatic pool of consciousness, ever rippling.

The earth — our most connective tissue — speaks to us through these ripples. The first and boundless breath animates us, as the divine breath once infused spirit into clay.

Sensing Earth Space is an experimental exhibition exploring this relationship, presented by Arran Gregory and Ben Khan.

At the heart of the space is Ben Khan’s bubble space. "The bubble, akin to our bodies, lives simply through air — a soft tension that holds the impermanent whole, a fragile housing for the breath." Visitors are invited to step inside, attune to their breath and its resonance with the body in relation to others.

Beyond the bubble, sculptor Arran Gregory presents Bali earth soil as an offering— a scattered body across the landscape, bringing the outside in. Visitors are encouraged to touch, shape, and mold the soil, forming new expressions of connection and transformation.

The exhibition also features Gregory’s Earth Body series, created across Finland, Spain, UK, Borneo, and with local indigo artists at Tian Taru here in Bali.
A series of short films directed by Gregory and Alexander Ingham Brooke document these journeys, capturing his engagement with raw natural materials and the environments they emerged from. In Blue Entity (Earth Body IV), Gregory experiments with clay and indigo from Payangan where the sculpture remains.

Over the week, Sensing Earth Space becomes an evolving open studio, shaped by the contributions of local artists and visitors through experimental dance, sound, and spoken word.

A ripple in the distance of consciousness stirs new ways of sensing.