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15
Wooden boxes fitted into drywall niches;
box interiors are mixed media, lit with fiber optics
1997
The niche sizes range from 3" to 96" high, from
2" to 12" deep, and from 10" to 48"
wide.
Exhibition Space:
Juvenile Court Area
King County Justice Center
Kent Washington
Commissioned by:
King County Arts Commission
Seattle, Washington
In "The Nature of Things", fifteen recessed,
internally lit boxes are placed throughout three spaces in
the Juvenile Court Area. They are framed with sandblasted
and formed plastic that has been stretched over hundreds of
kids plastic toy parts. The boxes are internally lit using
fiber optics hidden among the imagery in order to cast light
and shadow on specific areas of the situations within. Glass
covers the front of each box, allowing for a maximum of freedom
in materials and lowering the potential for vandalism. (All
but two of these photos were taken before the glass and frame
were installed.)
The common link is a sense of private spaces that are occupied.
The boxes are scaled down to invite visual entry and mental
escape.
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