A Table to Be Under

In creating A Table to Be Under I constructed a physical space that invited reconnection with acts of daydreaming as an adult.

A Table to Be Under is an approximately 8’ tall, 8’ wide, and 5.5’ deep sculpture of a dining room table. Underneath the table is an illustration cut into layer sheets black construction paper with gold paint showing through the cuts. The table was exhibited in a dark room and visitors were invited to explore and investigate the illustration with low-power flashlights.

In making it, I recalled and reconnected to memories of being under my childhood dining room table, looking up at the underside of it, and daydreaming. In my daydreams I would imagine great councils of spirits, faeries in the forest, robots, space travel, and dynamic battles over interesting briefcases. The reconstructed table is something of a symbol, it is almost entirely unusable as a standard table but it’s a perfect sanctuary for imagination.