The idea for the overall structure of this piece came from a documentary we watched in beginning sculpture about Ursula von Rydingsvard, but the ideas that I was thinking about in designing my own work had to do with the clash between the analog age and the digital age. This struggle is something I have a tendency to worry about and dwell on, probably extremely hypocritically, in terms of music, access to information, record-keeping, etc. The plywood was glued together and, despite my best efforts to plan, required a lot of adaptation in fitting each piece and maintaining balance. The wood was left unstained and unvarnished. I painted the metal cubes a super-artificial color and wedged them into the gaps in the already-glued wood.
Cecily, i remember this piece so well! i really love to think about this form on another scale, being able to relate to it as wall-like. it's so visually dynamic, nothing is configured in a way that provides any visual repose! this is a structure that lives between instability and stability, contradicting its curved and embracing overall form.
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