after the party
is the after party
endless columns
l.o.s.s.
battlefield
gail
supine dome
drowning, same as you
paintings of posters
toga party
disaster ball
sweet jesus saves
precious and few
snail
war between the states
thank you blanket
key to death
and how
Supine Dome (2008 and ongoing)
Models built by contributors to Open Engagement in Regina, Saskatchewan. We used scraps of wood and clothes lines, window blinds and zip ties, gum drops and barbecue spears, soda straws and pipe-cleaners, garden poles and wire. The event was conceived as a historical reenactment of early, failed, geodesic dome experiments. Buckminster Fuller's initial tests at Black Mountain College are relevant to the history of institutionalized art instruction, and the specter of failure in modernism. Additionally, domes function as an architectural metaphor and instance of community endeavors. My (dubious) intention was to set the groups up for failure. I provided vague information and disparate materials with the hope that frustration would expose the possibilities and difficulties of collaboration. But, each group built expressive, and in some cases, structurally sound models – poor architecture, but interesting sculpture.
