Referencing the 107 year history of the Station as a field research site, the artists use pink bailing twine, sourced from a local agricultural business, as a mark making material. Dead pines were identified as representatives of the beetle kill infestation, by wrapping each tree. In the practice of range management, dead trees are often wrapped or tagged for logging. The binding of individual trees in twine, acts as a caregiving gesture – similar to bandaging a wound, speaking to the larger discourse of how the landscape is ravaged at the hands of development.
Participating artists:
K. Halliday ︳Kiersten Rakisits ︳Ryan Simmons ︳Christopher Woodward
a battlefield
pink wrappings
a gesture of love
human presence
history of the land
a larger comparison of impact
Following the site specific installation AT THE CROSSING was brought into the Gallery space, the in space collection, AT THE CROSSING ARCHIVE, was presented through photographic documentation and a small installation of the bailing twine used
Installation View
Christopher Woodward 