Charley Friedman: Moist Things

From the absurdly transformative to the serious, Moist Things is a survey of Charley Friedman’s 22-year interdisciplinary practice. Greeted by the wind current of 80-spinning beach balls, viewers can’t help but feel awe for the elevation of everyday objects in “Science Project.” Friedman animates the giant grocery store beach ball bins from our childhood, giving them a simultaneous individual and collective presence as rotating planets in a surreal solar system. “Carpet World” renders the earth as a domesticated object, which feels like a stop on the path in a continuous orbit to “I Like Moist Things,” a ridiculous aphorism spelled out in sponges that ironically produces meditative sounds as the dripping water cycles back into a custom-made kiddie pool to produce a fountain. Friedman takes license to transform how we view everyday objects, including “Garden” made entirely of resin-coated eggs and yolk.