Emptinest
Site-specific drawing installation
Goldsmith Hall, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1998
Installation detail from Emptinest, 1998
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“the niche literally embeds the object in the dominating architecture”
Robert Morris
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Installation detail from Emptinest, 1998
Installation detail from Emptinest, 1998
Site-specific drawing installation on
architectural support
niche architecture object
absent pediment
present falling cubes
ambiguous space
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Installation detail from Emptinest, 1998
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Proposal and documentation from Emptinest, 1998