TEMPORARY EXHIBITION-EPHEMERAL-TRANSITIONAL-KINETIC-SITE SPECIFIC
Materials: raw wool from New England farms, scaffolding, debris netting, steel, fishing net, rope, and an existing light box.
Dimensions: 72x6x8 ft.
Site: Christian Science Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts
When: May 1 through November 1, 2013
Press: Marty Carlock, “Convergence, Boston Sculptors Gallery at the Christian Science Plaza”, Sculpture Magazine, March 2014, PP 75,76,
Suzanne Volmer, “Convergence”, Artscope Magazine, August, 2013
What: The Lighthouse is a site specific installation made for the Boston Sculptors Gallery group show, Convergence
Photography by Jeff Derose, George Sherwood, Nancy winship Milliken
I started my process by thinking about Boston as the home of the first lighthouse in North America. About how the materials represent the industries of New England. How the wool contrasts with the solid massive materials of the plaza. How the wool moves in the wind and twists around the grid of the graceful scaffolding. But then the work comes out of the studio, interacts with its surroundings, and continues the process I began. It becomes much more than its materials. In this case, perhaps, The Lighthouse is about opening up. Opening up the impenetrable forms of buildings or of ourselves. The thick walls of a lighthouse are gone, and we witness the internal structure allowing the light to shine, not just at the apex, but throughout its length.
Afternoon light in the spring, look for changes during the seasons. Photo by George Sherwood
View from inside The Lighthouse
