White and black thread and pins
Site specific installation, 240″ x 28″ and 90″ x 26″, and performance.
Inside a narrow hallway there are two installations on opposite walls made out of thread held in tension by thousands on pins attached to the wall. On the left wall there is a 3′ x 20′ tall white thread composition. On the right wall there is a 3′ x 8 ‘ black thread composition with its mid-section cut in half, which displays the thread released from tension.
ARTICLES ON THIS PIECE
Pierce, David, “New York Fiber in the 21st Century.” /Surface Design Journal, 01/01/2012
“Gema Alava expone en la Lehman Gallery Art College.” /Txart, 5/2011