2nd Saturday Dec 2025: Sammy Gripe

FRANK RATCHYE PROJECT SPACE

SAMMY GRIPE: HYPER VIGILANT DREAMING

The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Hyper Vigilant Dreaming, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Sammy Gripe. 

Entering the realm of dreamscapes, Hyper Vigilant Dreaming explores the cognitive, spiritual and emotional inner ecosystems within. Drawing specifically on her involuntary experiences of lucid dreaming, artist Sammy Gripe uses it to dissolve emotions of fear and anxiety.  Her ability to take control in a dream enables the waking mind and the dreaming mind to co-exist, finding their way to one another in the dreamscape.  

Through a series of sculptural dream sketches, fearful energy derived from lucid dreaming is transformed into comforting imagery. Sculpture for Gripe reflects methods of self preservation and healing. In this context, the dreamscape allows for empowerment and reflection in the waking life.

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MAIN GALLERY

HOW IT IS NOWADAYS
Curated by Rena Tom

How do we tend to the unseen forces that permeate and shape the places we inhabit? Do we resist or capitulate? Do we work with, or work within? Topology is concerned with the connections between spaces, invisible until they shimmer into view. The contours we detect are inevitably distorted by our individual histories, creating a powerful counterpoint to traditional maps that calcify, suppress, or erase.

The artists in How It Is Nowadays explore the concept of constructive interference using process, observation, repetition, and chance. Engaged in a material dialogue with their environment, they map shifting flows and emergent patterns to trace imperfect grids — the topology of ‘now’ — that reveal how they interact with the systems that surround them. 

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Jenna Bonistalli
Rachel Dawson
Katie Gong
Jason Gouliard
Doug Johnston
Joshua Moreno
Amy Tavern
Alice Wiese
Connie Zheng
Minoosh Zomorodinia