In New Yorican culture, the accessories of organized religion are often appropriated to create a personal meaning and spiritual connection. Taking this conceptual tactic as our starting point, Ashley and I were interested in how given materials become meaningful in the context of the shrine or memorial.
We decided to work with recycled materials, and settled on secondhand furniture: together, we approached the material from a combined product design/sculpture perspective. Using a secondhand bedside cabinet, we applied an evocative combination of blankets, wax and hair to elevate the object somewhere beyond its everyday appearance.
Rather than performing an 'action' separately, we let the actions direct our use of the material. The result incorporates "cutting, splitting, spilling, enclosing, wrapping, opening" and the idea "of context."
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very Gordon Matta-Clark meets Joseph Beuys.
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