FIRST! NEWS, I just got a internship at the soap factory for the FLO(we){u}R exhibition! It is a performative installation that highlights a little known detail of American history. Beginning in 1914 terra cotta factories, which produced the decorative facades on buildings in downtowns across the United States, were commissioned to make ceramic test bombs for the military. Historically, the ceramic bombs were filled with baking flour and dropped from airplanes. The white marks made by the broken shells allowed early pilots to calibrate their targeting. The Soap Factory’s location in Minneapolis’ historic milling district lends rich context to the humble materials filling each bomb. if you would like to learn more about the exhibition, here is the exhibit page http://www.soapfactory.org/exhibit.php?content_id=446 . Im so excited for this opportunity i can hardly contain it.
here are some new photos of some sculptures. it feels good to be back making sculptures, these are my 3 favorite piece i did with piping in mind. I also wanted this work to have no mixed media additions.
Ill keep you updated on the progress of the show as well as the internship!
All Good Things,
Mike.
