Grid Theory #
Date: 2022
Location: Northport, Alabama, USA
Project Type: A school-based artist residency
Grant: Alabama State Council for the Arts
Description: Brummund temporarily moved her studio into the classroom so that seventy five third graders could be part of the creative process in a series of “Grid Theories.” In partnership with the school counselor, the students created drawings and sculptures to reflect on perfectionism and perspective. Like a dialogue, Brummund integrated each collaboration into new video art installations.
Additional Support: Ms. Monroe, Ms. Corriher, Northport Arts Partnership, and The Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa
a collective sketch of the unfinished grid
students rearranging paper cubes in front of a projected moving image
an installation with paper cubes and video projection
a video still from a single channel video integrating paper sculptures and the students' hands
a jigsaw puzzle based on paper sculptures created by the students
a collaborative drawing of the "seen" grid
a collaborative drawing of the "unseen" grid
This three-channel video installation is described as "invisible video art" because it cannot be seen unless you put on polarized glasses and look at it from a different perspective. The video animates two sets of drawings by students who practiced drawing the "seen" and the "unseen."