Creative Continuity

'Void' is an installation by the artist, Aeneas Wilder, which completed construction today on the building site of our new studios in Islington. The site-specific project, sponsored by the contractors, Jerram Falkus, and co-curated by August Art and Kate Goodwin of the RA, will be supported by, and ultimately destroyed by, the building and is part of Cullinans' continuing collaboration with artists.

The building began life as a Victorian foundry and was converted into artist's studios in the early 1990s when Cullinans bought the building along with their current offices on Baldwin Terrace. 'Void' will be created in the building that is now undergoing extensive reconstruction, with a new steel frame to support the listed facade and roof trusses. Hovering above the ground and spanning almost seven metres, Wilder's work consists of hundreds of pieces of wood wedged between two of the columns. His previous installations have involved precariously balancing small pieces of wood to create free-standing, large scale, complex structures which he ceremoniously knocks down, in seconds, at the end of exhibitions. This time he will not destroy his work, but allow the installation to collapse of its own accord.

The installation, with builders working around it, will be projected via a live webcam into August Art's gallery space on Shoreditch High Street and will be visible from the street from 3rd May to 2nd June 2012. The gallery will also publish pictorial and text 'essays' exploring some of the forces, both physical and metaphysical, that create, threaten to destroy, and effectively are integral to the work.

Photos: Aeneas Wilder

'Void'
3rd May - 2nd June 2012
August Art Gallery: 224 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6PJ
Open: Wed - Sat, 1 - 6pm
Location of installation: Baldwin Terrace, London N1 7RU (visible from street, but no access allowed into building)