JEFFREY SCHIFF

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Dailies

2003
newspaper, steel, string
variable dimensions

essays and reviews

A rectangular steel fence defines a spatial void. From this enclosure, colored strings tied to the fence loop around and hold sections of newspaper by the fold, pulling the string taut, and over time, accruing to cover the floor around the enclosed void.


 
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Dailies

August 28, 2014 by jschiff@wesleyan.edu

2003
newspaper, steel, string
variable dimensions

essays and reviews

A rectangular steel fence defines a spatial void. From this enclosure, colored strings tied to the fence loop around and hold sections of newspaper by the fold, pulling the string taut, and over time, accruing to cover the floor around the enclosed void.


 

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