'Empty Lot'
October 15 2015
Video: Tate
Expect to hear and see a lot more of Abraham Cruzvillegas' new Tate Modern commission, called 'Empty Lot'. Here's the blurb:
Empty Lot is a large geometric sculpture created using scaffolding, a grid of triangular wooden planters, and soil collected from parks across London including Peckham, Haringey and Westminster. Nothing will be planted in the soil, but it will be lit by lamps and watered throughout the six month display. The unpredictable nature of the work, which may grow and change from one week to the next, provokes questions about the city and nature, as well as wider ideas of chance, change, and hope.
In the video above we see a rare thing - a contemporary artist actually making the art work himself. Or at least a bit of it.
Don't tell anyone, but I think Empty Lot looks pretty cool.
