A Work In Slow Descent

2010
60lbs of sugar. 32 oz of corn syrup, 6 oz of Cream of Tartar.
Installed at the Center For Land Use Interpretation, Wendover Utah. May 22 - September 1, 2010
‍A Work In Slow Descent is a site specific installation at The Center For Land Use Interpretation’s gallery in Wendover, UT. As a result of building’s East to West orientation and its south facing windows, no direct sunlight ever enters the room. The only exception occurs for 15 minutes each day (between 8:21 and 8:36 PM in May), when the setting sun reflected off the windows of the former Enola Gay hangar projects a spectrum of red and yellow light onto the east wall. A Work In Slow Descent attempts to recreate this ephemeral moment of reflected sunlight using a material that is itself in flux. This installation involved covering the outside of the sixty-four gallery windows in different color caramel, creating a sunset-like glow inside the room which itself is slowly changing as the caramel responds to the weather. Over the course of the summer, hot temperatures and moisture in the atmosphere will soften the sugars, transforming the glassy material back into syrup that will drip down the windows and the back of the building.

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A Work In Slow Descent

A Work In Slow Descent

2010
60lbs of sugar. 32 oz of corn syrup, 6 oz of Cream of Tartar.
Installed at the Center For Land Use Interpretation, Wendover Utah. May 22 - September 1, 2010
‍A Work In Slow Descent is a site specific installation at The Center For Land Use Interpretation’s gallery in Wendover, UT. As a result of building’s East to West orientation and its south facing windows, no direct sunlight ever enters the room. The only exception occurs for 15 minutes each day (between 8:21 and 8:36 PM in May), when the setting sun reflected off the windows of the former Enola Gay hangar projects a spectrum of red and yellow light onto the east wall. A Work In Slow Descent attempts to recreate this ephemeral moment of reflected sunlight using a material that is itself in flux. This installation involved covering the outside of the sixty-four gallery windows in different color caramel, creating a sunset-like glow inside the room which itself is slowly changing as the caramel responds to the weather. Over the course of the summer, hot temperatures and moisture in the atmosphere will soften the sugars, transforming the glassy material back into syrup that will drip down the windows and the back of the building.

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A Work In Slow Descent

A Work In Slow Descent

2010
60lbs of sugar. 32 oz of corn syrup, 6 oz of Cream of Tartar.
Installed at the Center For Land Use Interpretation, Wendover Utah. May 22 - September 1, 2010
‍A Work In Slow Descent is a site specific installation at The Center For Land Use Interpretation’s gallery in Wendover, UT. As a result of building’s East to West orientation and its south facing windows, no direct sunlight ever enters the room. The only exception occurs for 15 minutes each day (between 8:21 and 8:36 PM in May), when the setting sun reflected off the windows of the former Enola Gay hangar projects a spectrum of red and yellow light onto the east wall. A Work In Slow Descent attempts to recreate this ephemeral moment of reflected sunlight using a material that is itself in flux. This installation involved covering the outside of the sixty-four gallery windows in different color caramel, creating a sunset-like glow inside the room which itself is slowly changing as the caramel responds to the weather. Over the course of the summer, hot temperatures and moisture in the atmosphere will soften the sugars, transforming the glassy material back into syrup that will drip down the windows and the back of the building.

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