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The Plain Dealer | Steven Litt   |  May 12, 2019

Spaces video exhibits pair masterful Bridget Moser performances with moody piece by Jacob Koestler

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The two principal shows now on view at Spaces are a case of too much and not enough.

An installation with a pair of brief videos by the brilliant Canadian performance artist Bridget Moser leaves you wanting more.

A poignant but overly complicated and at times self-indulgent hour-long video by Cleveland artist Jacob Koestler explores the history of the defunct and dismembered Oakwood Country Club. It would have been stronger with tighter editing.

Both exhibits, however, are well worth seeing.

Koestler takes a deep dive into the background of a troubled landscape in the eastern Cuyahoga County suburbs, revealing kaleidoscopic perspectives.

Moser, whose show is entitled, “You Opened That Can Now Let’s Eat The Whole Thing,” demonstrates mastery in performances that resemble fragmentary stand-up sketches, laced with an abstracted, philosophical kookiness.

Her compulsively watchable work whipsaws... Read On