Site 005. Circle Things
Sam Christian, Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Ty Pawlowski, iris wu, Madeleine Young
with sonic activation by kiptok
August 29–31, 2026
East Village, New York, NY
Reception: January 9, 6-9 PM
Artist Talk with Giorgia Alliata + Ridwana Rahman: January 16, 6:30 PM
Public Programming: January 20, 6 PM
Open Hours: Fridays-Sundays, 1-5 PM & by appointment
Press Release
Review on ONLYCHILD MAG
Site 005. Circle Things is a constellation of works by interdisciplinary visual artists Sam Christian, Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Ty Pawlowski, iris wu, and Madeleine Young. Installed in a compact cube space in the East Village, the presentation brings together the five artists whose practices revolve through webs of connection, documentation, intervention, modularity, and inquiry.
Circle Things investigates how circularity informs the way we see and are seen, make, relate, and return. The works trace elliptical paths of perception, presence, and participation, orbiting through relational pull, lenses and misapprehentions, return and reconfiguration, circularnorms and standard, and mutual activiation and site witnessing.
At our temporary home at 618 E 9th St, New York, these works ask viewers to complete the loop—through attention, rhythm, and presence. Some gestures degrade, regenerate, or recur; some watch back. Circle Things is an invitation to re-encounter, misread, and reconfigure. Surveillance, subtly embedded throughout the exhibition, is not only technological—it is habitual and affective. It is the loop of perception: who sees, who is seen, what is revealed, what remains obscured. Each pass through the space unfolds new frames of attention and new ways of getting it wrong.
Sam Christian (b. 2003) is a post-conceptual artist, and writer, currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. They have recently shown in group exhibition Drawers at 25 East Gallery (2025) and two-person exhibition bullpen at 818 Marcy (2024).
Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge grew up in a log house in a small coastal francophone village in eastern Canada. She holds a BFA in photography from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and an MFA in electronic integrated arts from Alfred University (Alfred, NY). Her art practice has been supported by Canada Council for the Arts grants and residencies across continents including Visual Studies Workshop, La Cité Internationale des Arts, AIR 3331 Arts Chiyoda, SIM, Arteles, and NARS Foundation where she produced multifaceted projects published as books, videos, zines, exhibitions, performances, and/or ephemeral installations. She is currently a professor of art and lens based media at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY).
Ty Pawlowski (b. 1999, USA) is an artist in Queens, NY.
iris wu (b. 1999, Guangzhou) is making between here and there, this and that, now and then.
Madeleine Young (b. 2001) is a Canadian artist and writer who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and has attended residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Art Farm Nebraska, The Steel Yard, and Monson Arts.
Images courtesy of Site Service, photographed by Farfar studio