August 2016. Installation view. Found fabric, metal cubes.
In response to the collapsed state of the preceding Fabric Fortress installation (see also: Safe Place, Make Safe, Make Space) following the 2016 Elsewhere renovation, Something returns the fabric to a state of rest. The fabric was rolled into twelve self-supporting, stable stacks.
“It was work that could not be hurried at, a meticulous finding and fitting together, as though reconstructing a previous wall that had been broken up and scattered like puzzle pieces.
The wall would advance only a few yards a day. The pace of it could not be borne by most modern men, even if the wages could be afforded.”
-Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace
Process:
