"Here – Standing Still," an installation by Chika Matsuda, explores the spatial tensions between people and their surrounding environments. The artist invites her audience to stand on a square plane of grass, isolated by the muted floor, and reflect in the moment. She wishes to demonstrate how “the body becomes the path between the earth and the sky, and elongates them infinitely.” By allowing the viewer to confront nothing but himself or herself, the viewer is confronted by an experiential tension and relation to nature.
Audience: All
Visual Arts Graduate Research Lab
Room: Graduate and Alumni Gallery
Brooke Grucella
School of Art
520-626-4215
brookeg@email.arizona.edu
