In Front of Beind the Wall

Smack Mellon

Site 92: Work Permit Approved, 2011

In Front of Behind the Wall

2010

Woodblock print on paper

Three site specific 42” x 24’ scrolls installed ceiling to floor

In Front of Behind the Wall is a site-specific print installation Swainston made for Site 92.  Three long scrolls uncover the material underpinning of the building by revealing the brick wall and columns that have been mostly obscured by the white walls requisite for “gallery space.”  The scrolls begin by revealing brick columns, then cascade into a chaotic unraveling.  The cascades follow the column, but the structural pattern degenerates into an abstract socio-architectural machination.