Two monumental star forms were installed within a defunct tannery in Amilly, France. Built in situ and spanning more than thirty feet point to point, the structures use simple stud construction to produce outsized iconographic presence. In doing so, they reframe the spatial possibilities of an industrial site in the midst of transformation.
One seven-pointed star hovers above the exhibition space, clipped to the existing concrete frame. The second extends between columns at ground level, balancing over the tannery tanks below. Together, the two figures engage the building’s idiosyncratic structure and the surrounding landscape, operating less as objects than as spatial interlocutors.
Experienced as three-dimensional supergraphics—from above, below, and at eye level—the installation multiplies viewpoints and collapses scale. The project argues that complex geometries need not rely on specialized fabrication. All elements were produced and assembled on site using conventional tools—mill and table saws, a pneumatic stapler, and screw guns—and the design and fabrication process remained open to the public, positioning construction itself as a form of exhibition.
2013
Amilly, France
Scale:
20,000 SF
Institution:
Les Tanneries
Principals:
Anya Sirota, Jean Louis Farges
Curator:
Christophe Ponceau
Design Team:
Missy Ablin, Allen Gillers, James Chesnut
Production Team:
Christopher Reznich, Erika Lindsay, Catharine Pyenson, Sydney Brown
Catalogue:
Pop It Up Catalogue