Negative [Space] Interface is composed of an installation of ink prints, taking the shape of charred threshholds in reference to the Wildlife Urban Interface. Through research into west coast forests and zoning terminology called the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI zones). Therein exists a transition zone between what is considered wildland and new human development. Often these areas are on the fringes of more densely populated areas like cities, in wilder rural and in the case of the west coast, forested areas. Communities in these zones are very vulnerable to wildfires for multiple reasons. Many forests along the west coast have been logged heavily since colonial contact. This constant logging and replanting of mono-crop trees creates forests that lack the moisture retention and biodiversity persistence that creates healthy forest ecosystems. As cities increasingly become more expensive people desire their ‘own space’ causing drift and sprawl in areas that cannot sustain ongoing extensive development. It takes more energy and resources to extend the grid, than to densify. These artworks draw from  research on WUI zones to create these works, bridging questions between architecture, land, and ideas of progress, to share thresholds in transitional times.

Exhibited in BIOMASS, Volume 1. Eve Tagny, Alexis L.-Grisé, Liljana Mead Martin, Emily Chudnovsky, Steven Cottingham and Justin Apperley.

For the full interview and exhibition see https://biomasssss.com/

Negative [Space] Interface. 2021. Ink monoprints on paper, on panel.

Negative [Space] Interface. 2021, ink monoprints on paper, on panel.

Negative [Space] Interface. 2021, ink monoprints on paper, on panel.

Installation view. 2021, ink monoprints on paper, on panel.

Negative [Space] Interface. 2021, ink monoprints on paper, on panel.

Installation view. 2021, ink monoprints on paper, on panel.