Fractured Thought

 
Fractured Thought - Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 6/06    
 
full view -beginning of installation
drawings/studies
close-up of path, before opening
 
at opening, June 3, 2006
breakdown of path after opening
2006
path: 12'x4', drawings: 8.5"x11"
dirt, red clay, cement, inkjet prints on newsprint (from original drawings - pen & pencil on vellum)
Visitors walk on a crackled path of dried dirt, clay, and cement. Next to the path were more than 17 tracings and
diagrams of mapped thought, broken glass, rubble diagrams, and other branching and connected patterns.
The piece was documented over time to show the breakdown of the materials.
Fractured Thought - The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ 10/05    
 
full room view-beginning of installation
1 week later
 
 
studies/drawings along walls - 1 week later
2 weeks later - detail
 

2005
path: 14'x7', drawings: 8.5"x11", room: 35'x30'
cement, sand, local dirt, inkjet prints on newsprint (from original drawings - pencil on vellum)
Visitors walked on a path of fragile cement tiles that fracture under their feet. Surrounding the path were more than 50 tracings and diagrams of mapped thought, broken glass and other branching and connected patterns. The piece was documented over time to show the breakdown and weathering of all the materials. (it was not in an enclosed room so subject to rain, wind and sun as well as people walking on it).