The last entry was meant to cover this topic but I ran out of steam. I think though that the discussion of site specificity is an important one in my consideration of this project. We were introduced to this topic in a class room. As part of the description of both the class and this project we were asked to read articles, look into Zumthor’s Kolumba, Richter’s stained glass window at the Cologne Cathedral, and asked to attend a special Saturday edition of glass at D. Devening’s studio space and his gallery space Devening Projects + Editions. I have already touched on the articles and the window and museum. So, today I will put down some of my thoughts on the class session. Continue Reading →
In my introduction to these series of posts on SPACE I wrote briefly about a curatorial project which my class will be proposing for our instructor’s gallery space, Devening Projects + Editions. This entry is a compilation of my thoughts on this project. I will limit this entry to a brief definition of “the white cube”, issues of site specificity, and issues related to curatorial projects or artist as curator. In pursuit of this end I will include some ideas from Miwon Kwon’s essay “One Place After Another: Notes on Site Specificity” all quotes then will be from this essay unless otherwise stated. Continue Reading →
Another installment of thoughts on SPACE.
The focus today is Richter’s stained glass work for the Cologne Cathedral. I will again just add a couple links with a short summary of the article… Continue Reading →