No Space
Performative installation
Cranbrook Museum of Art, MI
Pine studs, epoxy, glue, pegs, blueprints
May 1999

For my graduate exhibition, the works of 66 students were packed into one small museum. Artists were jockeying for space before installation began. Rather than claiming a space, I proposed to connect and define the boundaries between each artist's work. With steamed and bent 2" x 4" studs, I looked for ways to work with or circumnavigate each artist's space. I would connect the studs end-to-end from the back of the museum to the front, or until an impasse was reached with an artist. All authority was given to the artists. Midway through the installation, it was the curator who curtailed my progress due to pressure from other artists, and claimed ownership of all unused space.


Thanks to Scott Ritchie, Jean Hahn, Heather McGill, Keith Doyle, Megan Sullivan