Tall Paths, 2024
Continuous cloth toweling, screen print, donated rags, dowels, stands
Tall Paths is a site-specific installation featuring three geometric patterned scrolls inspired by storage facility doors in fields of rural Minnesota. As the work progressed, the scrolls came to also suggest landscapes bisected by roads. The title, Tall Paths, refers to the practice of mowing corridors through meadows to achieve dual desires of walking paths and wildlife sanctuaries. Through this work, I imagine roads as paths with life on either side evidenced by industry, homes, motels, and storage units. This installation simulates “crankies,” or scroll books, where the viewer “reads” repeated forms in motion like a traveler reads dots alongside a freeway as a moving image.
The work was installed at MCBA's Outlook Gallery, October 12-Jan 25, 2025
Tall Paths is a site-specific installation featuring three geometric patterned scrolls inspired by storage facility doors in fields of rural Minnesota. As the work progressed, the scrolls came to also suggest landscapes bisected by roads. The title, Tall Paths, refers to the practice of mowing corridors through meadows to achieve dual desires of walking paths and wildlife sanctuaries. Through this work, I imagine roads as paths with life on either side evidenced by industry, homes, motels, and storage units. This installation simulates “crankies,” or scroll books, where the viewer “reads” repeated forms in motion like a traveler reads dots alongside a freeway as a moving image.
The work was installed at MCBA's Outlook Gallery, October 12-Jan 25, 2025
Special thanks to Anika Schneider and the staff at The Shop at MCBA
Photos by Melanee Meegan, Seth Dahlseid and Emmett Ramstad
Photos by Melanee Meegan, Seth Dahlseid and Emmett Ramstad