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Revealing Evidence
Old glass found stored and forgotten within the building was
used to replace broken windows during the first months of SVA's
occupation. During this process the translucent remains of a long-empty
chrysalis stuck to one piece of glass was exposed to the light of
day. This and other debris from around the windows of the building
have been made into slides and projected onto the backs of buildings
that surround the courtyard. Images of the smallest pieces of evidence
from the interior's insignificant histories are thrown out through
the windows inverting the relationship between inside and out.
ii)
Inlet
A partition wall was erected across one end of the sculpture workshop
creating a space devoid of natural light. A 1mm hole was drilled
in this wall and a sheet of tracing paper hung in front of it. In
the unlit space an image of the strip lights from the room beyond
appears to hang in the air above eye level, scaled down inverted
and all but devoid of colour. It is an image of light without substance,
totally dependent on the conditions within another space; It shows
that reality and yet seems completely removed from the reality it
represents.
iii)
Sky light
By drilling holes in the stairs that lead to the top floor studio
a series of images of the sky light above are formed on the floor
beneath the stairs during daylight hours. This floor was put in
when the stairs leading to the ground floor were moved due to their
unsafe condition. By cutting a hole in this floor and positioning
a mirror below an image of the sky light falls upon the wall in
a window-less space. During the darkest days of the year the light
of the sky is bought into darkest region of the building.
Dedicated
to Milo Thomas Cooney
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