Nikki and Robert, they were saying, well, surely there's things like this in America. There is nothing like this in America. I was invited to do this project here. They offered me these three spaces. The ballroom is obviously an extravagant space, which I understand this is the first piece that's being shown in there.
Looking up and seeing the craftsmanship on that ceiling, that all of those leaves are cast plaster above my piece is beautiful. It's a very unusual environment. for my work. My work is usually shown in a white box. I tend to choose all of my materials based on their kind of ability to either absorb or reflect light.
The experimentation with cups really began with the interest in this transparent material that when it became stacked it became slightly more opaque. The piece seems to almost illuminate from within. We call it the mylar molecule.
It's made with silver mylar that's rolled into cones and then building off of that which creates a circle. The piece really reflects light but creates a circle. these black spaces activated by the viewer walking around the sculpture where the light shifts constantly.
Usually there's a singular answer for me with one material. The most recent project I've been working with slinkies. The slinky is completely deconstructed and remade to make this sprawling wall piece that really reads as a drawing.