re-material wall
Re-Material Wall
2018 - 2021
Hot rolled steel, Reclaimed pine, Soil, Golden Trumpet Vine, Glass jars, Copper sulfate, Water, Dow-frost, Copper piping, Rubber coated wire, Solar panel
Re-Material Wall was built during a fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens. After showing at the park for six months the sculpture was moved to the 111th Street Peoples Garden in Manhattan. The sculpture finished it’s cycle of growth and decay in late 2021 when it was dismantled and recycled.
Language used by Socrates Park:
The solar panel atop Knust’s tower powers an electroforming process that slowly transfers copper molecules from suspended pipes to individual wires each floating a solution filled jar. Over time these molecules accumulate and take unique forms as a physical trace of their carrier electricity, while the steel rusts, wood warps, vines grow, and piping disappears.
- Proposal for the Socrates Annual Fellowship -
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You may also see photos of the piece posted by the public along with in process documentation of each fabrication step taken during the fellowship period (May - October 2018) visit the Re-Material Wall Instagram hashtag.