Today Cartographies of Ruin opens at Pratt MWP School of Art, NY. I've been working on this show for nearly two years and it's with pleasure that I share an online version of it here. Accompanying the exhibition is the poem Porchlight written by Ireland-based poet Andy Eaton.
Cartographies of Ruin aims to document and present lost, abandoned, and forgotten sites. These works emphasize the momentariness of time and memory that is suggested by the nature of these spaces. In the case of abandoned sites, their gradual destruction implies a history which unfolds from past to present, and on to their precarious survival in the future. In this way, the work aims to begin to better understand how the production and destruction of spaces affects people collectively.
Special thanks to everyone who has helped support this project.
Cartographies of Ruin aims to document and present lost, abandoned, and forgotten sites. These works emphasize the momentariness of time and memory that is suggested by the nature of these spaces. In the case of abandoned sites, their gradual destruction implies a history which unfolds from past to present, and on to their precarious survival in the future. In this way, the work aims to begin to better understand how the production and destruction of spaces affects people collectively.
