State of Emergency (2007)
Blue tarp, orange surveyor twine, rare earth magnets. Dimensions variable.


The icosahedron, a twenty sided platonic solid is frozen in space. Each triangle of blue tarp is held in tension by three pieces of fluorescent orange surveyor twine. The twine is fixed to the architecture with rare earth magnets. 60 points of contact — on the floor, the walls and the ceiling — create an agreement in the middle of the room. That individual facets come together to produce a simple shape is the result of delicate negotiations.