Andrew Erdos and Yasue Maetake “Amorphous Terrain”

mh PROJECT nyc

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mhPROJECTnyc presents a site-specific installation, AMORPHOUS TERRAIN by Andrew Erdos and Yasue Maetake.

A crystalline structure rises from the floor of a small anonymous Manhattan office. The base of the clear, conical mountain is sharp and glistening. As it gradually tapers to its peak a transformation takes place. The density changes and the energy escapes from the mountains core, rising through the ceiling.

Amorphous Terrain by Andrew Erdos and Yasue Maetake is a new installation built specifically for mhPROJECTnyc. The sculpture is a constant observer of the cycles of materials and energy in transitory states. The installation is created from almost unchanged natural objects like cane and jute rope to meticulously crafted objects like blown glass and handmade paper, to discarded industrial materials like steel rebar and broken factory windows.

The artists attempt the artificial re-enactment of each material’s melting point by treating broken safety glass and corroded pulp as directly malleable. Personifying and anthropomorsizing the material from the center of a nondescript Manhattan office, the installation asks questions of time and the power shift between material and artist existing as a nonlinear relationship.