12:38
Mike Nesbit, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
It began as a slice, a deconstruction, a surgical demolition as a means to recognize value within the building, and also as a means to open the building to its surrounding landscape. The idea of letting the landscape in became even more apparent once the cuts were made and the light and shadows entered the space. At 12:38pm, on 10/16/2020, the light and shadows were in line with the cuts, as if the things that have no physical materiality (the light and shadows) did the cutting and produced the void. There is a special moment between absence and presence, void and solid, dark and light. The light and shadows coax the viewer in, whereas the sky and surrounding context draw the viewer out.
Mike Nesbit, 2020
Los Angeles, CA
It began as a slice, a deconstruction, a surgical demolition as a means to recognize value within the building, and also as a means to open the building to its surrounding landscape. The idea of letting the landscape in became even more apparent once the cuts were made and the light and shadows entered the space. At 12:38pm, on 10/16/2020, the light and shadows were in line with the cuts, as if the things that have no physical materiality (the light and shadows) did the cutting and produced the void. There is a special moment between absence and presence, void and solid, dark and light. The light and shadows coax the viewer in, whereas the sky and surrounding context draw the viewer out.
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12:38 the moment when
light and shadow become physical 12:38 the moment when absence is present 12:38 the moment when the void is cut 12:38 a waiting, a stillness, patience endures and delayed gratification enters the light cut by the shadow 12:38 a moment of recognition, a presence of value on an object discarded 12:38 a moment for individual presence |
12:38 a time out
of context 12:38 a moment that is the context 12:38 take your time question the sky, allow the landscape to enter 12:38 a moment to sit within the absence and yet be fully present 12:38 a moment to itself that will disappear 12:38 a time that will continue through memory |
Video Courtesy of C Prinz
Photos Courtesy of Mike Nesbit
Process video:
Video Courtesy of Mike Nesbit
Process photography:
Photos Courtesy of Ryan McIntosh
Photos Courtesy of Shanna Yates
Photos Courtesy of Ryan McIntosh
12:38 Drawings:
Drawings Courtesy of Mike Nesbit
About the Artist:
Mike Nesbit is a fine artist based in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture, his multidisciplinary trajectory greatly informs his artwork, allowing Nesbit to explore areas between art and architecture with a focus on technique, repetition, and representation. Nesbit has participated in solo and group shows throughout the United States. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and played four years of professional baseball with the Seattle Mariners.
www.mikenesbit.com
Mike Nesbit is a fine artist based in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture, his multidisciplinary trajectory greatly informs his artwork, allowing Nesbit to explore areas between art and architecture with a focus on technique, repetition, and representation. Nesbit has participated in solo and group shows throughout the United States. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and played four years of professional baseball with the Seattle Mariners.
www.mikenesbit.com