Kim Zumpfe‘s site-specific installation outside the length of a room | OR | diving into the blue sun engages with notions of safe spaces. These spaces, however, are contingent — they depend on the individual, the conditions of the moment, and the realities, or perceived realities, of specific life circumstances. For most people, built structures and architecture provide stability, shelter, and protection. These above ground structures inhabit the surface of our world, a world in which we are typically comfortable. Subterranean spaces, in contrast, conjure thoughts of vulnerability, the fugitive, or perhaps fantasy. Zumpfe’s installation is a distinctive re-alignment of space, working to confront complex relationships and norms of society. Zumpfe creates a transitional structure for control over one’s visibility: hiding, avoidance, evasion, escape and other strategies used to counteract coercive social and political relations.