The Search
The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
(Walker Percy, The Moviegoer, 1961)
The Search is an artist-curated sculpture/stage/architecture designed to create singular private and public experience. The project is available to travel, and its programming becomes the curatorial responsibility of the host institution in future iterations. They are invited to activate local artists and communities to fulfill the possibilities of the architecture.
The outside of the structure is a symbolic and literal stage for public performances. The inside of the structure is a space for curated, private, unrecorded two person conversations. Conversation participants are given limited instructions and are left unconstrained save for a time limit. The length of their conversation, its substance and its terms are all up to them. A series of artist books builds with each exhibition that records the name and dates of project participants.
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(Walker Percy, The Moviegoer, 1961)
The Search is an artist-curated sculpture/stage/architecture designed to create singular private and public experience. The project is available to travel, and its programming becomes the curatorial responsibility of the host institution in future iterations. They are invited to activate local artists and communities to fulfill the possibilities of the architecture.
The outside of the structure is a symbolic and literal stage for public performances. The inside of the structure is a space for curated, private, unrecorded two person conversations. Conversation participants are given limited instructions and are left unconstrained save for a time limit. The length of their conversation, its substance and its terms are all up to them. A series of artist books builds with each exhibition that records the name and dates of project participants.
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