CASCADE
PHANTOM GALLERIES PASADENA, CA | 2007 CASCADE WAS A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION FOR A GROUP SHOW BY PHANTOM GALLERIES IN PASADENA. WE WERE GIVEN A FIVE BY FIVE BY FOUR FOOT DEEP DISPLAY WINDOW IN AN OUT-OF-BUSINESS CARPET STORE ON A PREMIER STRETCH OF COLORADO AVENUE, RATHER THAN MAKING AN OBJECT TO DROP INTO THE DISPLAY-CASE, WE DECIDED TO TREAT THE CASE AS A KIND OF MOLD WHOSE DIMENSIONS WOULD DETERMINE THE FINAL PIECE. THE RESULT WAS A WEDGE OF OVER ONE-THOUSAND FOUND PIECES OF PVC PIPE, SLOPING FROM ONE CORNER OF THE CASE TO THE OTHER. IT WAS UNDERLIT TO MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET, CREATING AN UNEXPECTED BEACON FOR PEDESTRIANS AND PASSING DRIVERS. THANK YOU TO LEHRER ARCHITECTS FOR THE USE OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT ROOM WHERE THIS PIECE GESTATED. |
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