spatial negotiations
2014
Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Art Academy, Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuania
multi-part installation and performance
material: wood, found objects, wheels, paint
variable dimensions, yet portable
Inventory
1. what we leave behind: spatial negotiation #1 (a drag)
2. what we take with us:
spatial negotiation #2 (it’s a stone)
spatial negotiation #3 (spatial negotiator)
spatial negotiation #4 (oak-on-pin)
spatial negotiation #5 (on-the-move)
spatial negotiation #6 (grid-with-black-string)
spatial negotiation #7 (off-grid)
spatial negotiation #8 (blue-white-wood)
spatial negotiation #9 (what is it good for?)
spatial negotiation #10 (three-legged blue)
spatial negotiation #11 (Dear Elk)
spatial negotiatons are a set of research-tools. They are portable structures being transported and placed within various settings. spatial negotiatons relate to their surroundings. Usually, one takes samples from chosen locations to gain new insights. I won’t take samples from landscape or city features but provide an additional input to correlate links and new subjects of observation and imagination. Thus, the set of spatial negotiators provides a new scale to their surroundings and highlights connections, divisions, diversities and interaction.
All works draw inspiration from the lay-out and maintenance of the Neringa National Park, an environment which at the glance appears 'natural'. Yet, it has been designed based on a grid pattern and implemented to ensure optimal coastal protection during the course of centuries. Even the trees are lined up in a grid when you first start to pay attention.
