TIME PASSES, TIME PASSES BY: A site-specific installation by Alexandra Robinson

Friday, June 19 to Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project is pleased to present Time Passes, Time Passes By, a site-specific installation by Kansas City-based artist Alexandra Robinson, opening at Project Space on Friday, June 19, 6-9pm. The artist will deliver a gallery talk at 6:30 pm that evening, free and open to the public.

This exhibition is inspired by time, specifically how long Paragraph Gallery and Project Space have been in operation by Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project (since May 16, 2003). Robinson will use geometric forms – cast plaster cubes and latex – to document the number of days space has been in use as well as to mark different important moments in the site’s history. By the date of the opening, the approximate number of forms, or markers, will number 2360. It is the artist’s intent to convey a sense of mass, beauty, and possibility in this accumulation of forms, and to create an opportunity for self-reflection.

Robinson’s work is based on the idea of specificity. “Small details and ephemeral qualities of experiences and objects inspire my work,” she writes. “My overall vision is to bring to life elements that are often forgotten or overlooked.”

For photos of the event, check out our flickr.