The Unfolded Crystal: Seduction of the Hyperreal attempts to materialize an existence that reaches beyond the capabilities of human consciousness. We perceive the world according to the parameters of three-dimensional space. Seduction of the Hyperreal challenges these limitations by pushing one further into the absolute realm of existence where there is nothing, beyond concept, where one may transcend above reality to the realm of the "hyperreal".

The work of Melissa Moore, Jen Kirby, Gina Denton, Jenny Graf Sheppard, and Ayako Kataoka aims to create such an environment through the use of multi-disciplinary approaches including installation, sound, video, sculpture, and constructed objects.

Melissa Moore turns the gallery into a sewn clear-vinyl cave environment that makes use of mirrors, soil, plants, crystals, light and sound. Through her installation work, shecreates spaces that challenge typical notions of orientation in space, confinement/extension of space, isolation, and the exposition of hidden spaces. The work develops into a "science of imaginary solutions" representing disjunctive ideas while simultaneously rejecting reality.

Jen Kirby's site-specific installation makes use of string and paint and will function to work with changing psychological space and develop "visual vibrations" within a minimalist context.

Gina Denton's string-wrapped and sewn objects create a landscape that evokes an otherworldly environment through the visceral aspects of our own natural world. She draws upon aspects of human, animal, and plant biology, as well as crypto-zoology.

Jenny Graf Sheppard's The Stone Carving Oraclestra performs "Experimental Archeology". The group gives members of the audience "readings" using the carved stone as a medium to channel spoken and sung phonemes. These intuitive choral pieces, generated by their contact with the stone, suggest the origins of sound, speech, and body continuum. The performers are Serena Williams, Miranda Bushey, Katherine Porter, Shana Palmer and J.Graf.

In Jenny Graf Sheppard's video piece, "Fossil" (looped video projection, glycerine, sound), "Eh!"-a Little Howlin Wolf character-translates a language devised from single syllabic utterances into cymatic projections.

Ayako Kataoka explores the inside space, the inside of sound, and the inside of (the?) body and how we exist within a little universe. When an internal space is inversely externalized, it is transformed into a place for contemplation. "A Girl Said" was made from FFT (Fast Fourier transform) analysis data of a girl saying "I love you". The sound data was analyzed, rendered, and modeled in the software programs Max/MSP Jitter and form-Z. Following this, it was materialized as a 3D object via a rapid prototype machine.