PETER WEGNER

INSTALLATION (STANFORD: MONUMENTS TO THE FUTURE)

Would it be possible to make a monument to the future?

I'd been approached by Stanford to create work for their new business school campus. They said they wanted to celebrate their history, admittedly brief.

I was more interested in their ongoing future–the things that hadn't happened yet.

All 4 works share this same conceptual framework, but use different materials to speak in different registers.

MONUMENT TO CHANGE AS IT CHANGES 81 custom colors silkscreened onto polycarbonate flaps with steel frame, CPU, driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. (Consulting architect: Matt Flynn, Flynn Architecture & Design). Permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

MONUMENT TO CHANGE AS IT CHANGES Permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

WAYS TO CHANGE (THE ADVERB WALL) LEDs, glass, steel, CPU, driver, 171" x 216" x 8", 90 minute-loop, 2011. (Consulting animator: Brian Henry, Brian Henry Design. Consulting architect: Matt Flynn, Flynn Architecture & Design). Permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

WAYS TO CHANGE permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN VARIABLES wood over steel armature, six units: two groupings of three elements each: 144” x 144” x 32”, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN VARIABLES permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA

MONUMENT TO THE FUTURE OF DREAMS my text hand-carved into Indian sandstone, 36" x 48" x 48", 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford campus, Palo Alto CA