The act of collecting and repurposing existing collections lies at the conceptual and material core of Lycan’s installation practice. Save Now, Lycan’s solo exhibition for CSA, continues her examination of consumer culture, explicitly addressing her material pursuit and research of runaway consumption. This research includes investigating spaces that catch the overflow of abundant objects caught in a state of suspension from appreciation to depreciation.

If the acquisition of things is both a palliative act and a stimulant, what happens to these collections after they serve their therapeutic and consumptive purposes? Whether it is the stuff of junk drawers, ordered shelves or deep storage (self-storage is now a 17-billion-dollar annual industry in North America), Lycan is interested in looking at the configuration and negotiation of what has selectively been gathered and saved and not yet abandoned.