A Yellow Scaffold on the Ranch
Painted scaffolds, dimensions variable, 2021
Art Beyond, Curated by The Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR, USA
A Yellow Scaffold On the Ranch is the sixth installation of the ‘Scaffold Series’. Here utilitarian scaffolds are transformed by color and context into formal sculpture, as they cease to be objects of function. This transformation is realized by painting them bright yellow, and consciously choreographing their install on Willow-Witt Ranch nestled in a valley in the Cascade mountain range. Yellow, the dominant, and only color in the installation is directly connected to growth and life.
A Yellow Scaffold On the Ranch serves as a symbol of hope as we move past these trying times, while also bringing a burst of cheer to those who gaze at it amidst the pastoral background.
Photos by Grace Prechtel and Dave Baldwin
Framework: Scaffolded Clouds
The work is composed by Terry Lonshore, and performed by Left Edge Percussion on A Yellow Scaffold on the Ranch. Similar to Bawa’s works, Framework: Scaffolded Clouds is modular and minimalist in nature. Silence is also employed, inspired by the “space between” – a meadow, a cloud, an interior, etc. – one experiences when viewing Bawa’s Scaffold series. The score is arranged in a scaffolded fashion, the cells of musical materials built upon and connected to each other, with instructions to the performers on how to move between them during a performance.