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.