Interstitial | Abigail Rothman

Abigail Rothman (Jersey City, NJ) | November 2021

Handmade Paper made from various fiber materials throughout the building, collected responses.

Dimensions vary.

Interstitial is an exploration of interstitial time and its manifestations informed by personal experience and self reflection. Participants were invited to contribute their own moments between moments, which could then be written out on handmade paper created from various materials throughout the collection (paper, wood, textile, hair, dust, sawdust, rainwater, dirt). Submissions are then folded and sealed with wax.

Elsewhere as an architectural structure becomes personified. The scars and tattoos litter the building serving as evidence of life lived in a building well loved and well hated. A history we can’t know entirely. This piece serves as an acknowledgement of the history a space holds and how it mingles with each personal history of every resident, intern, staff member and museum visitor. These physical responses then fill this metaphorical and physical void, allowing our personal experiences to mix with the history of this building, Greensboro and each other.