September 2010 Archives

Concrete - Surface and Disturbance

Author(s)	Kevin Ellingson
Date Posted	September 23, 2010 9:29 PM
Program	M. Arch
Instructor	Roe
Description	The project began with an interest in the sense of time and process of making embedded in the material surface. This quality was brought to concrete through its reaction with baking soda and the resultant scarring. I began, then, to question how we relate to surface quality--how are we held and how are we moved--and how that relationship is affected by adjacent materials. The scar grounds us through its relationship with coarse earth. The scar moves us as its reflection is sent through glass.

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