Eli Schwanz
Art, Animation, and Design

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Sculpture, Installation, ++

  1. 3 Walls
  2. Punctured Drape
  3. Columns
  4. Neon Fence
  5. Draped Wall
  6. Veil Study
  7. Third Position
  8. Unfolding
  9. Light Aperture
  10. Expanded Drape
  11. Aspect Melt
  12. Burning Light
  13. Tennis Ball Index


Animation, Film, ++

  1. Forestsss Fortresss
  2. Science Set
  3. Flash Splash
  4. Fire Stories
  5. Night Driving
  6. Night of the Hunter
  7. Weak Thoughts


3 Walls






3 Walls - Oil cloth, fluorescent Bulbs,  metal fixtures, rope
Installed at the Art Gallery of Ontario

This sequence of draped walls is a dialogue between the tensions of hard and soft, between digital and analogue and how things move through the world and take shape. The banners are optically draped but have been stiffened and hung — limiting the fabric’s natural tendency to relax its form. The patterning on the pieces suggests three relaxed brick walls that have been hyper-extended, flopping into shapes and curves that defy their material. The three brick walls interact and create space between each other, introducing folds and shadows that in turn create space and motion. 

A 4-channel animation accompanied the installation (stills below)