In film and photography, superimposition is a technique of layering multiple images within a single frame. Here, Sara VanDerBeek splices and overlaps found images culled from myriad sources, time periods, and cultural contexts— a process she has described as a “cross-fade made concrete.” VanDerBeek’s practice has traditionally involved constructing temporary sculptures for the sole purpose of photographing them. In The Principle of Superimposition 2, twenty-four image panels form a freestanding screen, a structure inspired by architect Eileen Gray’s iconic folding “Brick” screen.  By holding moments of transition in suspension, the artist introduces superimposition as a phenomenon with both material and psychological resonances. For VanDerBeek, the work evokes the “shifting screen of memory,” one in which “moments from the past and present rise and recede in the dark theatrical space of consciousness.”