Grass

2015

plaster, pigment, foam, paint

Imagine entering a room filled with grass that, instead of receiving your foot for a moment before springing back, shatters. That fragile grass surface covered the entire floor of the exhibition, and was repeatedly destroyed over the course of the show by viewers. Using large latex molds made in a country pasture, the surface was created by casting sheets of plaster directly onto a foam underlayment. Every night I would return to re-cover as much of the space as possible, sweeping up the shards from the day and casting fresh grass directly on top. Those were then sprayed with a few washes of green paint. Over the course of the show, large piles of shattered grass accumulated throughout the space.