The Interim Space Gallery on North 19th opened its newest series Thursday evening, inviting attendees to sit with the physical sensations of municipal land-use policy. Curator Mara Hensley arranged the main room with printed excerpts from the city’s unified development code suspended at eye level between watercolor studies of parking minimums.

“I wanted people to feel the setback requirements in their shoulders,” Hensley said, adjusting a crystal grid near the entrance. “When you stand in front of Section 38.420 on minimum lot width, something happens to the breath. It’s not intellectual anymore.”

Approximately forty people moved through the installation over the course of the First Friday art walk. Several attendees reported a tightening in the chest near the floor-area-ratio calculations. Two visitors left during the height-restriction corridor but returned after drinking adaptogenic tea in the side gallery.

Local builder Tom Varela stood for twenty minutes in front of a mixed-media piece incorporating actual variance application forms. “This one right here,” he said, tapping a denied request for an accessory dwelling unit. “I know this feeling. It lives in the lower back. Right where the shovel hits clay.”

The series continues next month with a sound bath composed from recorded planning commission meetings. Hensley has also scheduled a movement workshop exploring the choreography of public comment periods. Participants are encouraged to bring a journal and wear layers, as the gallery’s heating system responds unpredictably to occupancy changes.

The exhibition runs through September fifteenth. Admission is free with a suggested donation to the artist housing fund.