DAVID LAMELAS

The exhibition_ _at Dia Chelsea comprises three parts—a presentation, a film program, and a performance series. Preceding the exhibition, the performance series begins with 1416 m3 (2014), performed in the galleries on February 10. The piece, scored by composer Gavin Gamboa following Lamelas’s concept, uses sound and voice to represent volumetric and metaphysical space, functioning as an immersive prelude to the installation. Opening on March 6, the nonlinear presentation in the main galleries emphasises key moments from the artist’s career, surveying 1965 to the present through a wide range of works, among them recent additions to Dia’s collection, such as the especially commissioned Situación de tiempo II (Situation of Time II, 2025). In parallel, the films in the program space further expand the physical dimension of the exhibition, illustrating the breadth of the artist’s moving-image practice from the mid-1970s to 2020s, and unfolding in four chapters. Together, The Machine’s multiple parts reveal Lamelas’s lifelong preoccupations with information and communications, and how they are mediated by the viewer’s perception.