A ruin is the embodiment of architectural decomposition.  Structures outlive their uses, are abandoned and fall into disrepair and decay.  The formation (or deformation more fittingly) of a ruin has various stages. Without daily care, dust and dirt collects in the corners, opportunistic spiders span the spaces with webs and water invades through unfilled cracks to dampen the interior bringing on the arrival of mold and mildew.  Wind and weather drive water to infiltrate and then freeze and thaw to pry apart masonry, peel the paint, loosen the plaster and warp the moldings in a slow motion crumble.  Rats chew the baseboards, birds foul the attics and insects feed on the rot and decay.  The agents of ruin are tenacious, never taking a day off continuously assaulting our best accomplishments and most prized possessions.

Our installation aims to dramatize the determined attack of the natural forces of decomposition by draping the previous installations with a net of string suggesting the cobwebs, caterpillar tents and mold that signal the assault of natural forces on the things we build.

The degree to which the assailing web appears to be pulling its victim down is countered by the strength and perseverance of the subject under assault which pushes upward in determined resistance. Our installation illustrates this constant struggle between the forces of generation and destruction celebrating the rebalancing tension of natural cycles.