Geoffrey Hendricks
A Chair. A Ladder. A Stump. A Table. Dirt. Dreams. Trees.

Geoffrey Hendricks’ installation reflected his interest in personal experience, ritual, time, metamorphosis, centers, fusion, space, relics, corners, and change.

“A table to write down dreams.
A chair. Dreams were tied to the chair.
Some bales of hay and a book of prayers.
Three logs sawed into thin slices.
Twelve trees, some chopped into small pieces, some tied to columns. Some of the small pieces tied into bundles.
A stump, a relic of a tree cut down nine years ago.
Locks of hair and signatures tied to spikes nailed into the stump.
A plumb line. A row of twelve plumbs.
A door out from the wall. Entrance. Exit.
Footprints on paper. Footprints in dirt.
A ladder, difficult to climb.
Piles of dirt and wood ashes.”

And a work, Stones: Dreams, Cape Breton Island, Summer, 1973, was presented formally. The stones were displayed on a white table cloth. The dreams were read. [artist’s statement]

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.