Christopher Albert

Artisan Wine Shop / Beacon Pilates — 180 / 181 Main St.

"]twenty-six paces["
a series of actions and artifacts
 
A meditation on nearness, the ecosystem of community and the process of experiencing a place in a manner slower and deeper than that provided by a glancing, storefrontwindow-depth stroll-by.

This “work” will consist of a series of moments, some of which will have a physical presence — sculpture, photography, painting, sound/video installations — within both the Artisan Wine Shop and Beacon Pilates spaces — and some which may not be marked by such a presence — which will be the result of time I spend in these two establishments, and time I spend reflecting on the nature of the businesses and their
physical relation to one another.

The vagueness of this statement must not be confused with that of your typical, obscurely worded artist statement. I intend this project to be not prescriptive, but to be shaped by the form of the process of it’s own incremental development. I have a
concept of individual components this project will entail...but not entirely.

In addition to the physical manifestations that may be seen in both venues, additional material can be found at http://christopheralbert.com/projects/26-paces/

I also anticipate a component of the work to exist in the form of a triangular twitter exchange between myself: @maykr and @artisanwineshop and @beaconpilates using the hashtag #WOMS.

My thanks go to Tim Buzinski and Mei Ying So of Artisan Wine Shop and Juliet Harvey of Beacon Pilates for their indulgence. Also, thanks to Angelika Rinnhofer for her assistance, technical and otherwise.

www.christopheralbert.com