From the ultra-feminine to the nadir masculino, artist Fred Van Dyk has tried to reach both ends of the spectrum. Hair-centric, his work tends towards fibrous frictional static-producing interactions and a search for a metaphysical ground. By day he is suffering from this very full and human dominated world, and when on the other side, in the night world, he finds a place without nature, without the rest of us, “I fear and relish the absence, space, and sense of loss. In this space there is a need and into this need I am pulled wide awake.” His performance and performance residue is prized for sensitivity, sensuousity, and sensuality.