Poppy Coles and Utah Snyder present the artists’ first collaborative exhibition, “Plats,” at The Front. Coles and Snyder take the respective definitions of “plat” (a map or plan of a land mass) and “plait” (a braid of hair) to explore the ways people, places, and things can fold and unfold across time.

Two creased drawings equally hide and reveal line-drawn interiors; a photograph shows a woman turned away, her hair in a criss-cross of braids; a mysterious stone sculpture sits in the center of the gallery, a relic from an unknown past. The artists’ installation leaves us to question the changing relations between ourselves and our physical and psychological surroundings.

“Plats” is on view through December 6 at The Front (4100 St. Claude Avenue).