Drafting Universes, 2013
Adjunct Positions, Los Angeles
with Craftswoman House's Temporary Residence Series
Drafting Universes is a process-based performance that also takes the form of an installation. Through repeated gestures that represent creation, explosion, and removal, Schnadt scatters hundreds of tiny metal nuts over a matte black floor. The space implies a field of measurement that when filled with metal “stars” approximates the experience of looking at the night sky, amplified by the illusion of infinite space created by surrounding mirrored walls. Through her simultaneously clinical, absurd, and evocative gestures, Schnadt considers the diligence, imagination, and hubris of the scientific process as it tries to define the unknown. This version, sited in a former garage, emphasizes the personal vision, effort and ethos of
experimentation that drive scientific discovery.
Lost in the Work, an essay about Drafting Universes by Alex Moore
Interview with Cindy Rehm of Craftswoman House