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


Draped Wall







Draped Wall (1, 2, 3)
Fluorescent tubes, ballast, printed cotton.
Dim: 36" x 72" (each section)

Draped Wall is a dialogue between the tension of hard and soft, between digital and analogue and how things move in the world and shape themselves. The banners are optically draped but have been stiffened, limiting the fabrics natural tendency to relax its form. The patterning on the pieces suggests a relaxed brick wall that has been hyper extended, flopping into shapes that seemingly defy its suggested composition or materiality. Charging the piece with electricity and hanging the banners on fluorescent tubes lights the piece with a soft artificial glow. They are at once both digital and analogue, virtual and real, accessing both video and textile and the practices and spaces inherent in both mediums.