Mihika Bansal – Looking Outwards – 06

A project that I find to be interesting in terms of its randomness emphasizes how easy it is for the artist to get a random result when he takes the main bulk of the creation of the piece out of his hands. The piece I specifically am going to talk about it Walead Beshty’s FedEx Sculptures series.

The artist creates a glass box that is the exact dimensions of a FedEx box and ships it to the site at which there is going to be an exhibit. The amount that the box has shifted and broken is random and based on the way the box is handled in its shipping. The amount of breakage is also dependent on the time and space through which the box travels which helps reduce the degree of randomness to an extent. While there is no concrete algorithm the artist follows, he has a distinct process he has conducted for the past many years.

He works on these projects by himself and has been creating these sculptures since 2005.

Link to work: https://mesh-magazine.tumblr.com/post/104686699736/shihlun-walead-beshtys-fedex-sculptures