SO-AD was invited by Clarinda Mac Low to participate in the Salvage/Salvation project in 2007. The brief, as described by Clarinda:
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Salvage/Salvation* is an installation and performance project that explores the metaphysics of re-use and the philosophical, emotional and material implications of discard. The project is made for spaces that are between uses or slated for demolition, and appropriate outdoor sites. A group of visual and performing artists create independent but overlapping environments and performances grouped loosely around a central theme. The site itself, the surrounding community and any discarded materials found on-site inspire the exact character of the event. Through its methodology and the striking nature of the final environments, Salvage/Salvation seeks to bring ideas of scavenging and transformation to center stage and create a dialogue with the public about sustainable relationships to our physical environment, advocating ingenuity and unity."
Our response related to the floor of the abandoned church. The years of use was inscribed in perfect semi-circles revealing a subversion in texture. This combined with the unique, non-symmetrical design of the church led to a series of cuts in the floor. The complex surface of the church floor was conflated with an overlapping series of inscriptions simultaneously revealing and masking the previous use of the building.
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PRESS
"Arise injects new life into an abandoned North Braddock church." Pittsburgh City Paper
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STATUS / COMPLETED 2007
LOCATION / BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
CURATOR / CLARINDA MAC LOW
PRINCIPALS / DAVID BURNS, JASON MORRIS
TEAM / JENNIFER FERRIS
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