When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out

Abigail DeVille constructs a transformative, immersive installation in the basement of the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse using found objects and borrowed construction material from neighboring Bronx residents.

For past works, DeVille has borrowed objects and material from her grandmother. Her ephemeral installations are often regurgitations of memories—both personal and political—of her upbringing in the Bronx.

 

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…and justice for all?, 2015 On site construction debris, broken marble, branches, reclaimed wood, dead Christmas trees, accumulated debris, heirlooms, TVs, computer monitors, phones, oven Dimensions variable Photo: Whitney Browne

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When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out
2015