We've been fans of Didier Faustino's work for awhile; his "Hermaphrodite" stool, fashioned out of a single piece of aluminum, confronts gendered anatomy through its form and function. Faustino's more recent "Instrument for Blank Architecture" similarly challenges our assumptions about an object, in this case a surveying tripod. Traditionally used to survey physical landscapes, Faustino has inverted its usage to survey mental landscapes through sound.

"Instrument for Blank Architecture" is a mobile listening device, adaptable to the space which it occupies. A tripod that is equipped with a balancing device and is generally used by a land surveyor to document landscapes and topographies, here, becomes an instrument dedicated to the exploration of mental landscapes.

Check out the instrument and other new works including "Balance of Emptiness," a bamboo structure suspended in mid-air and inspired by wormholes.

THE WILD THINGS Galerie Michel Rein 42 rue de Turenne 75003 Paris Through May 28th