For my inverted box, I wanted to get down to the basics of who I am.
That means words.
My box is just simple white printer paper with the words of some of the songs that I really relate to based on what I want from my life.
I left the box in a bush that sits near a church parking lot that I pass through a lot on my way to school. Most people take the front way through the parking lot, but I always go the back way, taking the road less traveled, as it were.
The Inverted Theatre - my answer to the inverted box. The thesis of the
original project is to take the enclosed display of a gallery and invert
it, juxtaposing the box against it's environment. Here is an analog of
the theater experience; the enclosed space viewing the public instead of
containing the image.
I went to the mall and placed a camera inside the box - viewing the crowd, instead the crowd viewing the image on a screen.
I purposefully made sure to destroy the box at the end, to mirror the instant quality of film; it does not linger like the content of gallery. Rather it exsists singular to the moment it is viewed. It is more important that the box did exist in the Red Cliffs Mall, and still exists when viewed on video, rather than continuing to exist there.
For many at Southern Utah University, one place is a symbol of where their lives as college students began; that place is Juniper Hall. The massive cinder block, as it is often called, has witnessed the life moments of countless freshmen—I wanted the world to have the experience of witnessing a small portion of Juniper as it awaits demolition. This particular room is the study room on the C300 hall, a place that was quite important to me during my freshman year. We will miss you, Juniper Hall.
"If God made a prettier place, he kept it to himself". . . That place is Brian Head, UT. My family has a log cabin at 10,000 feet in this pristine ski resort. On a sunny February afternoon, I strapped on my snowshoes and ventured from our cabin to put my inverted box in a place that is special to me. I call it "Pride Rock". This seven-foot chunk of igneous rock is a prominent feature that we often have campfires next to in the summer.
On a sunny December day in Bloomington, IN, I hopped in my Jeep and set forth on a mission to find a perfect spot for my newly created inverted box. I live near a limestone quarry and each day as I drive by it, I can’t help but look at the landscape of the stone stacked, cracked, broken, and piled in every direction. I decided to place my box amongst the limestone as this was where I felt it would best fit the landscape and be seen by passersby. I placed the box gingerly on top of a slab of limestone and stood back to take in the view. It was a perfect blend of clay and stone together in a single place.
My name is Emma Wells and I am a student at Indiana University and my S260 ceramics class made 12" by 12" by 12" boxes with the intent to submit them to this project. My box is has light blue slip applied to the whole surface with a simple dark blue wave along the middle. I did this mainly because I'm a swimmer here at IU and I truly enjoy the water. When deciding where to place my box I chose my front yard. I live in a small town called Morgantown in Indiana, fairly close to Bloomington. We live on quite a few acres and I walked down to a place where a creek is. When we first moved into our house 8 years ago the creek was large and free flowing and I remember going down to it and playing in the water. Now the creek is much smaller and very over grown with all the dying foliage. I chose this spot because when you take a step back and look at it all, especially at this time of year when everything is withering away, it looks like it needs more than anything...water.
