The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable

The windshield is the invisible plane through which we experience movement in urban space. Once the pane is broken, it becomes an object, with history and politics. It is transformed from something-to-look-through into something-to-look at. It marks and orders our attention. After an accident or a break in the broken shards are relegated to the periphery of urban space, delimiting tragedy or loss.

Named after a chapter from the book The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau, this large sculpture comprises dozens of piles of broken glass collected from the streets and cleaned by hand before being arranged smallest to largest on the floor of the gallery.

The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable
The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable
The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable
The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable
The Long Poem of Walking, 2017, broken windshield glass, dimensions variable