Fort
Fiberglass, Resin, Wood, Hardware, Oil Enamel, and Acrylic
The Confidante Miami Beach, 4041 Collins Avenue
Fort is a quasi-functional furniture that the artist describes as a rejection of efficiency. Presented as an interactive sculptural installation, Fort is motivated by Mayer’s concern that our cities, buildings and furniture will soon resemble the computer programs in which they were designed; clean lines on horizontal planes based on the optimization of manufacturing and their ability to be shipped flat efficiently. Fort is a rejection of this. It promotes soft and organic handmade edges that recall adobes, igloos and other organic dwellings. Mayer upcycles foam and shipping materials that were used to ship art and repurposes them as materials for art themselves. As resources become harder to acquire and as our landfills over flood, it is the used materials that will create our new worlds. Mayer builds all of her sculpture without the use of professional fabricators, engaging these industrial materials in ad hoc and idiosyncratic ways. Despite employing materials associated with mass-production (such as fiberglass and epoxy resin) in her sculptural work, hers is a distinctly hand-crafted approach. Mayer is interested in reframing the way we encounter these materials and imbuing them with a personal, tactile, and emotional quality.
