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Most of my installations are structures and passageways to walk through. They become all-encompassing environments, engaging the space physically and the viewer psychologically. I build installations primarily from urban detritus such as found lumber, doors, window frames, household furniture and sheet metals. In some circumstances, I incorporate systems of neon, argon and colored incandescent lighting, recorded sounds and radio noise to enhance the perceptual experience.
 
    LA LUZ (Day), Lumber,
Windows, Incandescent
Lighting, 11’H x 8’W x 17’L,
Carving Studio and Sculpture
Center, West Rutland, VT, 2005
   
    LA LUZ (Night), Lumber,
Windows, Incandescent
Lighting, 11’H x 8’W x 17’L,
Carving Studio and
Sculpture Center, West
Rutland, VT, 2005
   
      VINDAUGA, Windows, Lumber,
Incandescent Lighting, 48’L x
11’H x 8’W, Maxwell Library,
Bridgewater State College,
Bridgewater, MA, 2005
     
      VINDAUGA, Windows, Lumber,
Incandescent Lighting, 48’L x
11’H x 8’W, Maxwell Library,
Bridgewater State College,
Bridgewater, MA, 2005
     
      RELEASE Cast Paper, Scrolled
Messages, Fire, Tether, 4 Boats,
Ea. 38”L x 9”W x 8”H, 2002
 

 
      REFLECTIVE (Exterior View),
Lumber, Found Objects, Sheet
Metal, Clothing, Incandescent
Lighting, 40’L x 34’W x 16’H,
University of Wyoming Art
Museum, Laramie, WY, 2001
     
      REFLECTIVE (Exterior View),
Lumber, Found Objects, Sheet
Metal, Clothing, Incandescent
Lighting, 40’L x 34’W x 16’H,
University of Wyoming Art
Museum, Laramie, WY, 2001
     
      31 degrees NORTH OF EAST Lumber,
Found Objects, Sheet Metal,
121’ Total Length, Texas
Woman’s University,
Denton, TX, 2001
     
      31 degrees NORTH OF EAST Lumber,
Found Objects, Sheet Metal,
121’ Total Length, Texas
Woman’s University,
Denton, TX, 2001
     
      CONFLUENCE Painted Lumber,
Suspended Sculpture, 27’W x
35’L, Fort Collins Museum of
Contemporary Arts,
Fort Collins, CO, 2001
     
      CONFLUENCE Painted Lumber,
Suspended Sculpture, 27’W x
35’L, Fort Collins Museum of
Contemporary Arts,
Fort Collins, CO, 2001
 

 
      WOTAN (WITHERING), Lumber,
Found Objects, Sheet Metal,
Neon, Incandescent Lighting,
26’L x 23’W x 11’H, Emmanuel
Gallery, Denver, CO, 2000
     
      WOTAN (RISE) Lumber, Fd.
Objects, 35’L x 17’H x 12’W,
Arapahoe Community College,
Littleton, CO, 1999
     
      NAVIGARE: FLASH (Exterior
View), Lumber, Found Objects,
Sheet Metal, Neon, Incandes-
cent Lighting, 50'L x 23'W x
10' 3"H, Fort Collins Museum of
Contemporary Arts,
Fort Collins, CO, 1999
     
      NAVIGARE: FLASH (Interior
View), Lumber, Found Objects,
Sheet Metal, Neon, Incandes-
cent Lighting, 50'L x 23'W x
10' 3"H, Fort Collins Museum
of Contemporary Arts,
Fort Collins, CO, 1999
     
      SHIPS SHADOW, Painted
Lumber, 25'L x 9'H x 6’ 6”'W,
Philip J. Steele Gallery,
Denver, CO, 1998
     
      SHIPS WAKE, lumber,
Mirrors, Neon Lighting,
50'L x 8'H x 12'W, Edge Art
Gallery, Denver, CO, 1997
 

 
      SHIPS WAKE, lumber,
Mirrors, Neon Lighting,
50'L x 8'H x 12'W, Edge
Art Gallery, Denver, CO, 1997
     
      METAPHYESTHAI, Lumber,
Found Objects, Sound, 55'L
(total length) x 10'H x 20'W,
Arvada Center for the Arts
and Humanities, Arvada, CO, 1996
     
      METAPHYESTHAI, Lumber,
Found Objects, Sound, 55'L
(total length) x 10'H x 20'W,
Arvada Center for the Arts
and Humanities
 
Chris Nitsche | Savannah GA | 912-898-7584 | chrismel@bellsouth.net