Sonya Blesofsky is an installation artist whose site-specific work deals with architectural fragility – not only the troubling weakness of physical structures, but also the tenuous nature of the memory and history of a particular place. In residence, she used the history of Peterborough's built environment as source material for two site-specific projects related to memorializing and questioning history. In a departure from her typical in-situ installation methods, she created drawings and stand-alone sculptures from historic wood found on site.
Discipline:
Visual Art – installation
Sonya Blesofsky
Discipline:
Visual Art – installation
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2017
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Studios
Eastman
Sonya Blesofsky worked in the Eastman studio.
Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…