Islands, Yards, Worlds, 2004

Installed at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota

Islands, Yards, Worlds, 2004
Installed at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Wood, concrete, paint, plastic, and audio

Designed in response to the game of tennis and the beginning of the war in Iraq, this sculpture focuses on the boundaries and divisions between two identical sides.  Each fence in this sculpture was sixty-feet long.  Starting at six-feet high, the top level of the fence remained horizontal while bottom was cut to fit the hill.  The result was a bridge that as one ascended the fence shortened allowing one to see the other sides of the fence. 

At the center was a concrete table with a game of checkers in play; however, this checkers game has all grey game pieces making it difficult to know who is winning.  Lastly, while at the table, an audio can be heard from the fences playing the sound of a tennis match as the ball bounces back and forth over the net.