ANCHOR
Documentary film: http://vimeo.com/91409075
The Anchor was our first attempt at making a site-specific artwork in a non-controlled environment. The idea was to create a structure that exhibited the realities of its surrounding through change and progression of form. The context we chose for this project was urban and crowded. Therefore our concerns were centered around the spectators and their direct impact on the work. Along with the desire to make non-static art in mind, we decided to develop a structure that was moveable yet restrained to a specific location. Therefore we fabricated an artwork that could be locked around a public installment, in this case a metal ramp. Thus the artwork kept its mobility while maintained to an anchoring point.
The site is the Passage Agard: a small street that was built to connect the Palais de Justice to the Cours Mirabeau (in other words two of the city's landmarks). It’s architecture stems from an old convent, which was partly turned into the passage in 1946. Oddly the North entrance opens up in a grand archway and the south exits into a devious and narrow tunnel. These characteristics informed the material and aesthetic choices for the sculpture. Stainless steel seemed to fit the parameters dictated by the environment: resistance, durability and reaction to light.
Our most interesting spectator was a homeless man who was used to spending his nights under the archway of the passage.
The site is the Passage Agard: a small street that was built to connect the Palais de Justice to the Cours Mirabeau (in other words two of the city's landmarks). It’s architecture stems from an old convent, which was partly turned into the passage in 1946. Oddly the North entrance opens up in a grand archway and the south exits into a devious and narrow tunnel. These characteristics informed the material and aesthetic choices for the sculpture. Stainless steel seemed to fit the parameters dictated by the environment: resistance, durability and reaction to light.
Our most interesting spectator was a homeless man who was used to spending his nights under the archway of the passage.