BETWEENSCAPE is the result of observing, defining and exploring the idea of in-between spaces. It’s a reflection on temporary or transient urban spaces, which mirror our own experience of change, ambiguity and uncertainty.
There’s an Italian term, “Umarell” which refers to an older man who spends his time gazing upon construction sites. To me, both construction sites and city trees are subjects of continuous doing and undoing, as well as growth and decay. I began to see them as in-between spaces.
In an attempt to capture these transient spaces, I began to photograph and 3D scan trees and construction sites. I noticed a visual similarity between the 3D scanned trees and Wormholes, or Black Holes. Connecting this idea of Wormholes as intangible, hypothetical structures that connect two disparate points to another, to city trees, which themselves are disconnected from each other, yet part of the greater urban macrocosm controlled by humans.
Thinking on materiality, I became interested in weaving as a way to build 3 dimensional forms through scalable structural layering. Using construction rope for experiments, I was fascinated by the potential of combining an ancient craft with contemporary industrial points of reference.
