Frames

I have spent the past 8 months working on this idea. Originally, I was trying to engineer a way for building a 10 foot cube (or larger) out of lightweight material that could be quickly set up and quickly taken apart. PVC pipes don't really fit either of those qualifications, but they are cheaper than titanium and they stand out better against the shapes and colors of nature. Plus, we are able to have friends come help build these boxes and interact more with the community.

We got our friend Cindy to help us and she brought along a great tree climber, Justin. Both of them gave immeasurable help and we couldn't thank them enough. This coming weekend, we hope to employ Karl and Angela's help in building more of these in different locations.

I've been trying to give myself a way to express my ideas outside of a gallery setting. After having been rejected repeatedly from one of the worst gallery spaces I know of, I began to think about conceptual systems which "box in" norms and develop cultural standards. Social systems have been an important part of my work. Formally, I wanted to see the idea of sculpture break through a centralized mass and into a virtual and dynamic space, moving, breathing, growing, and continually in flux. I really enjoy land art for its temporal qualities and I wanted to not only create a temporary (it was only up for 15 minutes!) "sculpture", but beyond that, a "sculpture" where the 3 dimensional space in and through the boundaries was the sculpture and the created form disappeared as only a frame to the conceptual space.

Is this social art? Not as interactive or social as I want this project to become, but this is a good start for now. We plan on escalating our plans as time goes by. The important thing is that we finally were able to get out there and build a couple cubes. From here, things will only get more complicated.

I'm sorry that the quality of the video is so poor, we had to condense it for the web. The audio is also rather quiet, so turn up the volume on your speakers.