this is my resolution: artist notes- urs fischer

Artist Research

Urs Fischer
You
2007
Installation

http://www.ursfischer.com/searches/you/images/72157

http://www.ursfischer.com/searches/you/images/72157

The work was created through the drilling into of the gallery floor and excavating the soil and rubble that was underneath before boxing the room in with new walls. There is a ledge around the walls that the viewer is able to walk on, but they are also welcome to enter into the rubble. I found this installation to be very interesting in the sense that I am wanting to add an element to draw attention to an existing thing, the drains, whilst Fischer has removed an element and exposed an existing thing. I like the idea that the viewer is confronted with their surroundings in a strikingly direct manner. Fischer is not alluding to the existence below the gallery floors but is ripping the floors out and directly exposing what is underneath.

I am drawn to the idea that the floors will eventually be returned to their previous state and the visitors of the gallery will walk on them with the awareness of what is beneath their feet. The past exposure of the space thus influences the way that it is experienced in the future.