Edgelands Installation |
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October 29, 2013, Volume 60, No. 11 |
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Photograph by Knut Åsdam |
A public art work was recently installed on the plaza near Meyerson Hall, in front of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, as part of the Mellon Artist Residency. The installation, DS2, by Knut Åsdam, complements the other components of this multi-part project, Edgelands, an installation at Slought Foundation, now through November 27 as well as events that included a screening and a talk by the artist on this installation which will be on site until November 30. The artist utilizes film, video, sound, photography and architecture to investigate the politics of space and the boundaries of subjectivity. He is centrally concerned with place and placelessness in all of its contemporary forms, as well as experimental narrative.
DS2 is a chain link wire fence and steel fence structure measuring approximately 3.5m x 8m x 7m. The fences are interwoven and threaded through each other at graphic angles. The chain link fencing creates a visual sheer effect over the background and a physical obstruction to the space.
The residency was organized by Kaja Silverman, the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Professor of Contemporary Art, with collaboration from PennDesign and the Slought Foundation. It is one of several cultural events and conferences Dr. Silverman has organized at Penn as the recipient of the Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award (Almanac May 3, 2011). |