HOST
Kaibab National Forest, AZ
2008
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Bellevue Art Museum Exhibition Catalog - Schnoor 2008Host was designed to be eaten by birds. Originally sited in a recent burn in the Kaibab National Forest (AZ), the sculpture was relocated to an Aspen grove near the Grand Canyon where there was more bird life. Aggressive ground squirrels initially prevented birds from landing on the sculpture. This prompted a deterrent of capsicum paste to be added to the surface of the sculpture.
IMAGES
Host, Kaibab National Forest, AZ, 2008. 1’h x 12’ w x 12’l. Made with ground seeds, rice pulp, capsicum paste and methylcellulose. The sculpture was made during a residency at the MacDowell Colony (NH) in 2007. Fieldwork was supported through a residency at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (AZ) through the National Parks Service – also in 2007.
HOST
Kaibab National Forest, AZ
2008
Related articles:
Sculpture 2008
Stranger 2008
American Craft 2010
Bellevue Art Museum Exhibition Catalog - Catalani 2008
Bellevue Art Museum Exhibition Catalog - Schnoor 2008
Host was designed to be eaten by birds. Originally sited in a recent burn in the Kaibab National Forest (AZ), the sculpture was relocated to an Aspen grove near the Grand Canyon where there was more bird life. Aggressive ground squirrels initially prevented birds from landing on the sculpture. This prompted a deterrent of capsicum paste to be added to the surface of the sculpture.
IMAGES
Host, Kaibab National Forest, AZ, 2008. 1’h x 12’ w x 12’l. Made with ground seeds, rice pulp, capsicum paste and methylcellulose. The sculpture was made during a residency at the MacDowell Colony (NH) in 2007. Fieldwork was supported through a residency at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (AZ) through the National Parks Service – also in 2007.
Ground seeds and rice pulp were bound with methylcellulose and applied to a rigid clay mold. Aluminum sheets separated the materials from the mold. The mold was broken apart from inside leaving the finished skin of the sculpture. The segments of the sculpture telescope within one another for ease of transportation. The completed sculpture was sited miles away from trails or roads in an aspen grove in the Kaibab National Forest.
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