Perpich residency, zero hours.
This was another week off of my residency at Perpich, for their spring break. With the time off, I was able to get in plenty of studio time, which was useful for the many projects I've currently got going. That said though, theres not a ton to report on or show yet, as everything is so in progress. For public art, I've continued working on my installation/pieces that will be going out in the sculpture garden. I demolded my concrete cube, which (to my slight surprise and excitement) actually worked. I didn't fill the mold to its full height, as I was unable to put any reinforcements into the relatively thin walls, but it's still a pretty big chunk - about 2'x18"x18". I also began bending and welding tubing to support a tiled "wall" that I'll be building, the pictures below can hopefully help illustrate this.
For one of my other classes, Art in Community, I've been making as many plaster casts as I can manage from molds of parts of my parents house. I'm working on using the casts to fill a space and create an environment (floor and wall elements) in which I'll facilitate a discussion about comfort, its limits and place in our lives. In addition, I'll be leaving the installation up for a few days, and people will be able to remove pieces of the installation to take with them, if they leave a story or note in it's place about comfort, home, or their memories around it. I've been looking at some of Felix Gonzales-Torres' work and its transactional nature and how that mechanic plays into the meaning of the work. While my work is somewhat different in it's intention and concept, he's always been an artist I've admired and I'm excited to realize this project soon.