By strictly using found wood scraps and a single shade of orange in this installation, I’ve forced myself to become flexible with a puzzle of different minimalist ‘sketches’ in order to yield a larger composition that consumes and adapts within the space it settles in. The installation is nonobjective and therefore prompts the viewers with their own interpretations of the work if they so wish. Keeping close to my original vision of limited resources and simplified forms, I wanted to focus on the expansion of space through form and the dynamic interactions through the space. I allowed the space to decide how the installation would settle. Not unlike the assembling of a jigsaw puzzle, the forms are re-arrangeable, but seem to fit best in one way or another recurrently. Once the forms were created, I transported them to the exhibition space. It was there that the final result was realized after many trial and error ‘puzzle-piecing.’
Undoubtedly, there are three primary components to the forms in the installation. Color, shape/form, and line. The forms are very simple and geometric, which encouraged me to create something more complex with such basic building blocks. Line and shape were two main ingredients when constructing the forms. The color seemed to come naturally to me. I needed to use a bold color in order to accentuate the minimalism of the concept: bold, yet simple.
I had many struggles with holding an exhibition space. Originally, I intended for the work to be installed deep in the woods. This, however, was not possible and therefore I moved to a friend’s large basement. I was more than pleased with the space and end result despite the delayed installation of the installation. The flexibility of the forms was essential in order to build the conglomerate form at the site and for the site.
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