Installation
January 11, 2009

A few unexpectedly did this wonderful layering with the broken edges where you could see some sort of form emerging

To me, it hinted at some sort of decay or ruin to the perfectly arranged stacks, so I intentionally rearranged them to emphasize this

I had one box of blank tiles left, so I printed those later in the evening and brought the final pieces in the next day to complete the "pile"--I will post those photos as soon as I take some!
One of the coolest things about installing was the breakage factor. Especially with the larger central tower, as I added more to the stack, tiles below would break as they succumbed to the weight of the tiles above them. They made this amazing popping noise and would shake the whole stack whenever one broke. I thought it was so cool, and something no one else would get to see once the stacks settled, so I caught a bit of it on video just so I had some sort of documentation of this phenomena.
January 14, 2009 at 9:40 pm
wow melissa!
these are really beautiful. you should feel great about this. all that hard work& stress paid off!! i wish i could see it in person.
miss you much& congratulations again! (:
January 21, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I said it before but I’ll say it again: amazing. I’m floored.
June 7, 2010 at 9:51 am
[…] Installation: I mostly like this one for the video. The cracking and popping of the stacked tiles was the most amazing part of the whole piece, and no one saw it or heard it but me… […]