In the Flat Field
In the Flat Field
Image: Homage to the Hypercube (2024) by Tom Isaacs
Artists
Tom Isaacs and Nuno Rodrigues de Sousa
Artist/s statement
“What if Kasimir Malevich’s Black Square and Stanley Kubrick’s monoliths were inhabitants of Flatland?”
'In the Flat Field' is the first joint exhibition from transdisciplinary collaborative duo Tom Isaacs and Nuno Rodrigues de Sousa. This exhibition was inspired by and creatively engages with the relatively obscure science-fiction novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott—a Menippean satire set in a two-dimensional world populated by geometric figures. Drawing from Flatland’s exploration of multiple dimensions and recent scholarship on the connections between Modern art and contemporaneous developments in the fields of science and mathematics, including x-rays and the fourth dimension, the artists will explore speculative links between Flatland, science fiction, and Modern art. The artists also engage with elements of Flatland’s social commentary, touching on issues such as feminism, eugenics, and class struggle, as well as the method of socio-political critique through creative work.