Tangled in Scaffolding
2022
site-specific installation
Tangled in Scaffolding is a series of interventions photographed predominantly in Downtown Manhattan, New York. The intervention consists of aluminum wire connecting to steel bars and creating web-like drawings in space. In using the wire to draw in space, the scaffold becomes a material, a place for experimentation. I intended to turn a site protected from the general public to playfully question and loosely vandalize its framework in order to consider one’s relationship to the structure.
Ideally, a scaffold has a “shelf-life” generally represented by an estimated completion date. This “life” ends when the intended work has been concluded. However, not every intended development is successfully completed in its estimated deadline. Reasons range from expired building permits, loans, high expenses, and bankruptcy. This creates a problem for developers and forces communities to manage with its remains, adhering to their lives longer than its estimated future. What are its psychological repercussions, and to whom does it affect?