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Super
fun d
Multimedia Installation, 2004
There are a substantial
number of abandoned institutions and industrial
sites located in metropolitan areas all along
the East Coast. The remains of these structures
now occupy "gray
space," having been either forgotten or
ignored by the general public.
Super fun d is
an installation work by artists Sean Hovendick
and John Wesley Mannion, working under the collaborative
name area, that
explores a pair of liquid storage tanks on the
grounds of an industrial facility, unused since
the mid 80's. The facility, located in
the center of a populated community, is surrounded
by farmland and a major water table. Having once
held the high ranking of "most
polluted facility in America," the site
was recently cleaned and removed from the
government sponsored Super Fund list in 2000.
The centerpiece of the site consists of two
empty, ground level liquid storage tanks
that held unknown substances. On numerous
occasions, sounds were created from inside
the tanks with objects found on the site.
The work aims to bring this gray space to the
attention of the public while allowing the viewer
to reflect on waste, pollution and corporate
power.
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