Cusp

cusp: a point of transition : turning point also : edge, verge; a fixed point on a mathematical curve at which a point tracing the curve would exactly reverse its direction of motion.

I’m currently working on “Cusp,” an installation to be installed at the Cascade Gallery on the Portland Community College campus here in Portland, Oregon.

What’s interesting to me about the space is the unique shape of the gallery- it’s structured in a “C” with banks of windows on opposing walls on the outside and interior. This means that the show looks completely different depending on whether you are standing outside looking in or vice versa. I’m exploring this idea by having two types of work, each one visible only from one direction. There is only one point, a narrow window at the center of the “C” shape, where you can see both views in their entirety.

My current plan is to create the half of the show which is visible from the outside onsite as a site specific installation; the work viewable from the interior is already finished. (So the creation of the show itself will also mark a cusp or turning point in my process...)