From 2020–21, Nipper collaborated with graphic designer Geoff Kaplan to develop Costumes, Space Stages, Tanks—a series of screenprints that function as plans for constructing adaptable full-scale objects. Initially conceived for Terre Mécanique, a mechanical landscape composed of hard and soft technologies, the works are designed to shift in response to environmental conditions, structural dynamics, and expressive movement.
The screenprints operate as working plans for stages, costumes, and tanks. Their titles compile project notes using a numbering system, and each print is housed in an archival folder with exhibition instructions printed on the reverse. One work, space stage [bell], proposes a suspended bell structure and serves as a transitional piece leading to subsequent plans for gantries and floor systems.
![1 space stage [intimate space] 2 clockhouse 3 18 ft. x 12 ft. x 16 ft. 4 0 to 18 inches in intimate space, empty the room of numbers 5 plywood, acrylic mirror used to expand space, trisha brown’s equipment dances 6 count the space between pa](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972780996-IVTYXYOZC7D7LJTCIJSD/174KAN.jpg)
![1 space stage [diamond] 2 recessed shape 3 variations assembled by researchers in the self-assembly lab 4 soundproof panels 5 rail for use in underground mining systems, solid body, in-plant tracks 6 smooth movement on a horizont](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972775549-AJ0CBBLKJ3SBVHZZDNU5/177KAN.jpg)
![1 space stage [pool] 2 12 or 16 ft. diameter 3 flat sphere, circle, semi-circle, half a sphere, line in a loop formation, circular plane 4 water 5 pump, hose reinforced with spiral synthetic yarn, valve and tap 6 dancer formation, ecology of](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972379943-B4G2HUG3CNXB2BKEPI12/17.1KN.jpg)
![1 space stage [personal space] 2 20 x 23 ft., drag the camera across the ocean floor 3 commercially rated indoor/outdoor carpet, loop construction, custom dyed natural fibers 4 spatial data and physical state of 4 layered structure, plates](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1763247098411-EXOLAEDN5F8M2BYRB8BY/KNTMSPSSPERSPACE.jpg)
![1 space stage [social space] 2 high density rigid polyurethane foam, the body adapts to disequilibrium, industrial thermal construction application 3 lilac, red-violet, magenta 4 researchers lay across the raised sides to pull prints from t](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972388787-SZH1FWGNXD2Z22JK8F59/17KN.jpg)
![1 costume [mask 1] 2 wood, stain, left eye 7 graphite lines for lashes, right eye 7 graphite lines for lashes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972736363-6V1IEF6QQ8LOIZUS9X0K/Photo-Charles_White-jwpictures.com-0X9A3063.jpg)
![1 costume [mask 3] 2 wood, stain, left eye 11 graphite lines for lashes, right eye 11 graphite lines for lashes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972870457-5IY2EN4VQHK7NJLQKZFD/KNTMSPMASK3.jpg)
![1 space stage [bell] 2 11 ft. diameter 3 wood, metallic powder, paint 4 the lab designs suspension system different from the printer 5 ring tied tightly with rope 6 speakers, direct drive turntable, mixer, headphones 7 11 minute intervals](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1738801480285-8KPBGLM1VUAJFE9820D7/KNTMSPBELL.jpg)
![1 space stage [public space] 2 25 ft. under the ocean floor 3 large-scale flexible construction 4 200,000 tons of water pressure 5 firmly fixed in the surrounding landscape a shimmering hemisphere for advanced research in design and enginee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972368529-NW5AEXIOWEHXPNYSMC3W/16KN.jpg)
![1 costume [mask 2] 2 wood, stain, left eye 9 graphite lines for lashes, right eye 9 graphite lines for lashes](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1738108240736-9U0YJ4GRGOM1O02MHVZ1/15KN.jpg)
![1 space stage [burntool] 2 20 ft. custom cargo canopy 3 wool felt, double the surface density, nylon 4 arranged in a pile 5 holding the edges and pulling the line](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1737972676750-P7WR6D4TJ9JYDASJE2AR/KNTMSPSSBURNTOOL.jpg)
![1 space stage [cylinder] 2 8 x 8 ft. are the outside dimensions 3 circular solid pushed by a dancer on a curve 4 1-2 gallons acrylic paint, plywood, 1 gallon base, 12 oz. canvas, wool felt 5 parallel sides, hollow body, 2 bases at a fixed di](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e2d2794fe1ab358cd108c6e/1738801486553-JW0GRLAIZ4OQ9CV5L59Y/KNTMSPCYLINDER.jpg)
