Photo by Federico Savini
I’m pleased to announce I have been awarded the Graduate Student Engagement Fund Grant from Pratt Institute. I will create a substantial fiberglass sculpture titled Topography, not unlike Reap, which will be designed for public parks and outdoor settings. The completed work is considered a commission by Pratt Institute, and subsequent publications on the work.
For more information on the GSEF Grant, click here.
“Allen Ball's work is centered on mining operations and their periphery: it is direct, nonagricultural human contact with the earth that is of interest to him. Three dimensional works were created made of fiberglass which recorded locations of human contact and activity; like three dimensional rubbings. These sculptural pieces trapped refuse, leaves, soil and other matter lying on the ground, as well as archived a variety of marks such as: tire tracks, campfires, empty lots, erosion, roadside debris, roots, and remnants of demolished buildings. At the completion of the project, Ball's work was exhibited in the Pratt MFA Studios. These works were installed on the floor where people were encouraged to walk on, and interact with it. An accompanying video work of digging with disjointed rumbling audio reverberated throughout the space.”
