Filling the Void II

2019

Minneapolis, MN

Two structures, 4’x4’x16′ and 4’x4’x7′

Steel, acrylic fiber, illumination

Private commission for Youthlink, Minnesota

Description:

Filling the Void, originally funded by the inaugural McKnight Mid-Career Public Grant, was a changeable framework intended to evolve and develop with the changing population and resident artists at Youthlink, a multi-resource non-profit center serving youth experiencing homelessness.  When Youthlink announced plans to expand its facility to accommodate temporary apartments and a modernized resource center, it was only natural that the original art installation would evolve along with the building. Filling the Void II, using the same scaffold-like vocabulary as the original artwork, took form in two distinct sculptures placed in different sites within the landscape plan.  A tall blue tower located at the main entry echoes Youthlink’s new apartment complex and echoes the Minneapolis skyline beyond.  A smaller green volume occupies a small garden to the east.  Both sculptures are woven three-dimensionally from within with the same colorful acrylic fiber used on the original installation.