Work in collaboration with Matthew Busscher

SPATIALLY UNSTABLE proposes the encounter of an interactive installation through this journey within nature. Bringing the dynamics of movement into the experience of Fontelo Wood. Conventionally sculptures subject the individual to static forms, which create static sections, and static experiences. Movement, however, brings a playfulness to the relationship between individual and space. Replicating the movement one can find in nature, and the interconnectivity that elements in a forest like the Fontelo Woods have, the proposal aims to entice the visitors to explore how they can mold their space.

The materials chosen for the installation are readily available and of simple modular assembly. PVC pipes for it’s main structure allow a rapid and low skilled assembly. The fabric modules are all the same dimension, but are designed to shrink and extend with the pulley mechanism. The translucent fabric chosen plays with the way that light travels from module to module, similar to the playfulness of the sun’s rays and the tree leaves in the site.

Hence SPATIALLY UNSTABLE aims to embolden the curiosity of an explorer, with an experience where the explorer can change and manipulate his or her own realm. A realm which is also subject to the manipulation of others. The creation of the field then becomes both an individual and a community endeavor, which yields unexpected results. The pulley system of each fabric module allows visitors to playfully change its height. This, thereafter, combined with the entirety of the field, creates different combinations of landscapes that can be explored and altered with each visitor.