Beverly Piersol: VIEW   POINTS. preliminary notes. 2001

an installation project for Kunstcentrum Sittard, Holland, from March 22 - 
April 19,  1998 (curator, Jos Clevers)

a space extending into other exhibitions 
spaces/corners/walls/doorways/windows
elements for an archtiectural painting
points of the given elements will be assigned as starting points for a 
linear definition of space
the lines will  be connected, the spaces filled in with black paint 
the painting redefines the architectural space; the linear definition 
forming new construction elements.
images of positive and negative spaces turn into one another and extend 
into the surrounding spaces.
the evolution and detailed concept will  be worked out ,on-site" evolving 
out of the direct confrontation with the space and its use as not only an 
exhibition space but also as a meeting place for visitors and a space for 
other events

statement:
The redefinition of the space creates  a DIALOGUE between the given spatial 
situation and the work, the work and the viewer: 

the work effects the space, 
the space effects the viewer,
the viewer effects the work,

the work effects the viewer
the viewer effects the space, 
the space effects the work 


The installation projects are large paintings redefining a particular 
situation; I understand them also as large sculptures within which one must 
move; as one walks through an installation project one has different view 
points (visual positions), lines of vision, and cross references 
(perceptive overlaps) The graphic images change as one walks through a 
given space.
The graphic images I chose to demonstrate in this documentation are those 
seen  from different positions within this space; if one stands at these 
positions and moves from them  one would see how the overlaps and the 
changes of graphic images change the experience and understanding of the 
space.