:: sludge thickeners ::

documentation CUBE2 :: 5.19 - 6.4

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Monotype prints on blueprints of a sewage treatment facility in New Jersey. The prints are impressions of bristles from a broom found on the Providence and Worcester Railroad tracks in Worcester, MA. The blueprints were found in an abandoned foundry in Worcester that was recently demolished. The prints with black backgrounds are regular monotypes, the prints with the lighter backgrounds are "ghost prints" of the monotype.

I created these pieces last year in an attempt to create an abstract project documenting my various wanderings through blighted areas in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, MA. I found this process to be an effective way to use the actual artifacts I found to make an imprint of my psychogeograpical excursions through the city. I saw many areas where plants were overtaking buildings, which made me dwell on the synthesis of the mechanical, architectural and organic. These prints are meant to reflect that feeling.

about the artist

Brian Rosa:

I have been interested in the social theory of the Situationists for many years now, which introduced me to the concept of psychogeography. I attended the first Psygeoconflux in New York City, and it really helped me understand that my interests in urban theory, street art and urban exploration are deeply intertwined. I studied Sociology and Urban Development, but I am also an active photographer, printmaker, street artist and writer. I have had some photography and articles published in local publications. I also had a solo art show last year at One Love Cafe in Worcester, where all of the work (mostly sculpture) was made from found objects from the P & W Railroad train tracks. Now I am living in the city at the other end of the railroad line.