Whitespace

Nature vs. Nurture. How much of who you are is embedded into your genetic coding? How much of who you are has been moulded by your environment ? This project is an experiment ! .Blank white squares of artist canvas are left in various spaces. Initially the squares are identicle but gradually each will develop distintive markings reflecting the nature of the environment in which it is located .The intention is for the squares to gradually become integrated into the environment. If you see one on the pavement walk over it , not around it. If you see one under a tree , sit on it, eat your lunch off it! if there is one in the middle of the road drive over it. Just please leave them where they are.

The concept of whitespace refers to the empty space that is so lacking in the media-driven, capitalist society that we call reality. We have reached a state of information overload! Every available space (virtual space included) is set aside to communicate a message . That message may be in the form of a traffic signal, a street name, a radio jingle or a flyer thrust through your window at a stop street. This project is an attempt to reclaim areas of whitespace while simultaneously documenting the impossibility of occupying space without transforming and being transformed by it.