most of the "City-like" installations hang on a network of more or less loose strings
part of Achimescu's exhibition project for the 2001 show at the Model Arts Centre in Sligo, Ireland, curated by Suzanne Woods
in its early stages this project was meant for the Drawing Center in NY
Dear Suzanne,
Most of my pieces are made in such a way that they
can be arranged in a site-specific manner.
For example, the Shelter tape and its inhabitants can evade from the case.
The Cities
can hang at different levels, in thicker or more spread-out clusters,
with or without fans that move them by means of air currents.
The Kukes Love
Parade can cover most of a room's surface (I am thinking of the smaller
one upstairs, near the small staircase) but can also be split into several "sub-parades" or arranged in a march-like snake.
The Bunai prints
can be wall-mounted or displayed back-to-back, hanging from the ceiling.
As a whole, I see my "production" work as being completed prior my arrival in Sligo. The time of the residency would be then used solely for tailoring the existing installations for the volumes of the Model Art Centre's Galleries: configuring the clothes-line-like drawings to fit the dimensions of the rooms, building the supporting networks, setting the Love Parade (it takes a long time:-)
Here are some sketches:
most of the "City-like" installations hang on a network of more
or less loose strings
larger installations play with the viewer's perception of size (through the multitude of small elements)
sometimes it is interesting to climb on stairs that provide you with a different perspective
one of the hanging structure projects, a cube - shaped phalanx of 2000 creatures
from bottom to top:1) unrolling the creatures from a blanket, 2)clearing the ropes, 3) boiling a tea under the structure
lead weights at the end of strings provide stability
hundreds of drawings partially pinned to a wall...
...form a sort of a wind - sensitive coating
ventilators help the nation
Bunai prints display technique, similar with the installation technique of the small drawings