Historic Central School - Timberland Installation
Perspective of Timberland installation.
Tree House Gallery
Completion Date: 2018
Location: Historic Central School, Grand Rapids, MN
Materials: Steel fencing, bunjee cords, rope, paper, and mixed media
Dimensions: 2 galleries at 10’ x 10’ x 10’
This installation is the resulft of a collaboration between artist Aaron Squadroni and 4th grade students in district 318.
Concept model of tree inspired forms in installation space.
Detail of birch bark forms with interior light.
Detail of birch bark forms from sanded paper.
Detail of tree forms using magazine pages and excess paper mill rolls.
Detail of tree forms using magazine pages and excess paper mill rolls.
This installation was created using excess paper from the Blandin Paper Mill in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Magazines produced from Blandin paper also served as raw material for the artwork. Representing a grove of trees, the sculpture corresponds to a tree in its natural state and a tree as a resource, a potential vehicle for knowledge. Located in Historic Central School, the installation is meant to prompt reflection on Grand Rapids’ logging history as it relates to the education of the community.
As a way to visualize the amount of paper currently produced at the Blandin Paper Mill, all of the paper used to make the sculpture is equal to 1 second of output from Machine #5 at the mill (approximately 850 square feet).
Perspective of Timberland installation.
Perspective of rotating magazine tree forms.
Detail of rotating magazine tree forms.
Perspective of rotating magazine tree forms.
Detail of rotating magazine tree forms.
View from below of magazine and paper tree form.