2.35: 1, 2005, Marine fir plywood, PVC, h 48” x w 30” x d 70.5”, destroyed (image: installation for Palimpsests at Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, NY)
The title 2.35: 1 refers to the proportions of a motion picture screen's width as compared to its height. The aspect ratio of 2.35:1, or widescreen, allows for extraordinary formal dynamism and is the ratio often used for epic films. One might then say that despite its modest size, this is in fact a grand sculpture, as its footprint is precisely 2.35:1. The sculpture transitions from floor, to ramp, to stairs, to ladder, to the vertical portion of a skateboard ramp, continually increasing tension and mirroring the dramatic progression of events in epic films.
Special thanks to Eric Zeszotarski of Solid Studio
