Alan Cusack

Sugar Cube Wall

“ The time based installation piece is an 8ft x 2ft wall panel constructed of sugar cubes and a weatherproof mortar. Throughout the duration of the exhibition a steady stream of water will run through the panel, slowly dissolving the sugar cubes, leaving a latticework of mortar. The dissolved solution then flows into a mould placed under the panel where it re-solidifies, creating more sugar cubes. The piece deals with presence and absence. The wall-like structure, being of such absolute permanence, is dissolved and recreated using the process of decay and recreation. The process itself addresses the relationship between time and duration. Time is punctuated with a steady flow, turning it into duration and making the passing of time physical thing.”