These are photos from my window installation at Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee, up through the end of May.
Urban Windows
These are photos from my window installation at Urban Outfitters in Milwaukee, up through the end of May.
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For this installation I was responding to Ann Hamilton's Reserve video. (You can catch a snippet of the video in her profile in the first season of art 21). In Reserve, the camera follows the artist's hand drawing each letter of the alphabet in one continuous line. What I am interested in is the movement of the hand and how no matter how abstract the writing becomes, especially in fast gestural writing, what is scribbled down is never truly abstract because it is legible. In my work I use the parameters of written text (i.e. writing's physicality, gesture) to create new abstract symbols that reference writing.
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The first time I entered this space, I was intrigued by the mass of exposed cords, cables, wires and pipes. I followed many of these lines with my eye and found that most of the wires and cables were disconnected or unplugged. They were hanging there tangled and abandoned though visually their attractiveness engrossed me.
In response I have created my own lines – out of discarded maintenance materials and paint. The materials used in my installation speak about the space’s history of being transformed into something new so many times over. The work mimics the existing wiring and cords, though without the option for functionality. I have co-opted the form of these functional objects and transformed their purpose into an aesthetic experience.
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