dayton is not in ohio

It’s go time for my MFA project. I start the construction for my thesis show this afternoon. I’m going to be pretty much completely consumed by that until Wednesday. A fair share of that time has to be spent waiting for drywall joint compound and paint to dry.

The main problem is how to simulate the smashed wall effect in my maquette. The walls are plywood, and you can’t just smash plywood. Basically what I’m doing is sawing out two rectangular cross-sections of the walls. They are built like two-sided stage flats, with plywood over 1 x 3 poplar frames. Then I’m drywalling over the entire walls, so that they look normal, but have the hidden gap that I’ve sawed. Then I smash the drywall, which is very smashable and creates lots of good debris.

Here’s what the final arrangement looks like, with the tower coming to rest in from of a large window: