social sculpture
FORM
REPETITIVE
SITE-SPECIFIC
OUTDOOR INSTALLATION
production
self-production
citizens
THANKS
HUNTER DANIEL ANDREWS
Spontaneous, ephemeral installations on the streets are part of the urban landscape. They can be piles of cardboard boxes or garbage ready for removal, leftover construction materials and furniture, purpose-built barriers that prevent parking in certain places, and the like.
I have often photographed the coexistence of various objects and their presence in public space. At some point, I started to frame them by marking the surroundings of the spontaneous, ready-made installations with colored adhesive tapes. The color of the tape depended on the color that dominated the installation. I also left a note with the details of the work at its corner. I should probably blame Joseph Beuys for relating to these little urban situations, which is why I titled the series after his idea of so-called social sculpture.
It happened several times that the action caused a reaction. Thus, certain waste or remains of construction material, which were present on the site for a long time, were removed after the intervention.