anjabache  Projects 

PUBLIC ART – LINES – FRAGMENT 2 – NY USA 2017

AN OUTDOOR PERMANENT ART INSTALLATION AT THE SQUARE OF ALFRED NY USA
IN FRONT OF ALFRED CERAMIC ART MUSEUM

HISTORICAL LINES

“WE SEE IN ORDER TO MOVE; WE MOVE IN ORDER TO SEE”― WILLIAM GIBSON

The landscape around Alfred is set by lines, lines of the past and present
but also lines as representations of the movements that has taken place and still do today.
The Native American before the American Indians is told to come from parts of Asia,
The Seneca American Indians came from other parts, and were in a way nomadic,
moving their villages and wooden longhouses with bark as cladding, every 7-10 th. year for giving the farmland a rest,
the new settlers came from other parts of the country, the western of USA and often with ancestors from Europe.
They arrived here in horse driven caravans. And Today students and faculty arrive from all over the world often in big cars.
The lines are set for each of them.

SUPPORTED BY

Supperted by NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF CERAMIC ARTS
Invited as INTERNATIONAL THEODORE RANDALL CHAIR
Download catalog at CATALOGS/ARTICLES

 

Public art in Alfred, NY—historic lines etched into the square, tracing movements of past and - 2

Public art in Alfred, NY—historic lines etched into the square, tracing movements of past and present 2A      Public art in Alfred, NY—historic lines etched into the square, tracing movements of past and present - 2B

Public art in Alfred, NY—historic lines etched into the square, tracing movements of past and present - 2C     Public art in Alfred, NY—historic lines etched into the square, tracing movements of past and present - 2D

Lines of memories – Landscape Fragment 2 – a Permanent Urban Installation at the square of Alfred NY, In front of the Ceramic Art
Museum and the New York State College of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, as well other central buildings. Photos Anja


LINES

A line, if not infinite, must have a beginning and an end.
If not parallel, and viewed through the lens of Euclid’s geometry or Newton’s mechanical laws,
it must, inevitably, intersect at a single point.

Alfred is that point.
Here, in this place, cultural encounters weave into the fabric of your history—both past and present.

I, too, have been on one of those lines,
drawing a brief passage through Alfred Village for four months and one week.
Now, my future line calls me back to Denmark this Thursday,
but as in Einstein’s theory of relativity,
my line is not straight, nor bound by the laws of Euclid.

Once I cross the threshold of Alfred,
I will carry with me memories that have altered the course of my journey,
shaping me forever.

Alfred has been my bell jar,
its world a space apart from Newton’s mechanical order,
from the rigid confines of Euclid’s geometry,
and from the ever-bending curves of Einstein’s theory.

In this place, I bend my future line,
writing my own history,
no longer confined by the angles and rules of the past.

PROCES OF MAKING THE CONCRETE LINES

In-situ casted concrete lines, excavated earth 354 inches x 270 inches.

       


The process of making and the tools used – digging – casting diggin. Photos  Caitlin and Anja.

Video showing some of the digging work. At the casting proces of concrete, I got great help from (video showing that part) 

Keith Simpson and Shawn W. Murrey
both being so fantastic in helping also with a lot of other stuff.
Thanks a lot I am so grateful. Also Hanna helped at casting proces
Thanks also to you Hanna.

Thanks to Roger Mac Graw for your great help also.
Video showing Roger digging the hole for part 5
the hole where i buried the ceramic for future
archaeological excavations telling new histories. 

Thanks also to;
Professor Linda Sikora
Professor Linda Sormin
Associate Professor Matt Kelleher
My TA and at that time 1. year Masterstudent Cory R Mahoney as well
Professor Walter McConnel

For inviting me as well for great time together.
I have been so happy to meet you.

LINES OF MEMORIES RE-IMAGING TIME

 

ABSTRACT
In spring 2017 I was invited for a Theodore Randall international Chair at New York State College of Ceramic Art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University.
I here had to do Art research /an art project – as well teaching a Junior 2 System class, supervise and give critique of grad Students and attend meetings. This page is presenting my art project LINES OF MEMORIES – Re imaging time-Fragment 1 out of 5 fragments all together.

BACKGROUND

It was a project in its origin based on local history, topology, archaeology and architecture presented at the opening as a guided tour containing 5 fragments:.
Fragment 1;  “Landscape a video presented at Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, NY, USA
Fragment 2; “Lines” Permanent outdoor concrete earth installation
Fragment 3; “Memory” wood-ceramic Installation at  New York State College of Ceramic art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
Fragment 4; “Time” ceramic Installation at New York State College of Ceramic art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
Fragment 5; “The End” out-door earth-ceramic Installation.

A fragment is defined as;
a part broken off or detached from
A fragment; an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part
A fragment; an odd piece, bit, or scrap.

In my work I reflect on the nature of time and the narrative telling of local history mixed with my own personal interpretation hereof.
I am curious about how memories, founding’s and fragments or artifacts can be parts of a constructed narration of a history, a nations history, a village history and my own personal history.
I am an artist my intention is not to be an historian nor an archaeologist.

The fragments were presented as 5 installations  at Alfred ceramic Art Museum. NY, USA, New York State College of Ceramic Art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University and outside in public place in front of Alfred ceramic Art Museum.