RELEASED FROM ORBIT

This installation is a narrative about the planets being released from the confines of their orbits and traveling nomadically throughout space, thus restructuring their hierarchy in the solar system and their relationship to the ultimate natural resource- the sun. It is based on the discovery that there are more rogue planets in the universe than planets traveling within orbits.

2012 - 2016

Iterations:

2016 Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre, Banff CA

2012 Open Space Gallery, Baltimore MD

2012 Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia PA

Banff Centre: things you can’t unthink Catalog Essay, Thinking Makes It So

“What an intoxicating idea, that planets could exist outside of the parameters that typically govern the behavior of all other things in our universe. And further, that they could outnumber obedient planets, and possess the will to determine their proper fate. Prince’s imaginative take on this astrological phenomenon is communicated through her whimsical use of material: her irregular cages, brass ornaments and colourful tubes, all halves reflected back onto themselves to create a mirrored image that in turn is a representation of a celestial body as a whole. The installation results in an effervescent evocation of a kind of wonder.” – Natasha Chaykowski READ MORE