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Zachry Engineering Education Complex
Smoke Painting #44
Color Smoke Firework Residue on Paper
By Rosemarie Fiore
Location: Level 1, ZACH
Bring Your A-Frame
Collaboration and idea exchange inspired this commission. Before beginning work on “Smoke Painting #44,” new smoke painting tools were designed and created in collaboration with Texas A&M College of Engineering students.
The resulting prototype tool, “Bring Your A Frame” was designed by students and fabricated at Texas A&M’s design shop. During a performance at Kyle Field, the rolling prototype tool was used to paint on a foot paper “Smoke Painting Scroll” at the Engineering Project Showcase event. Cut sections from the paper scroll were saved as collage material for the creation of “Smoke Painting #44” at my Bronx studio.
This project gave my team the opportunity to understand my painting process and its reliance on unique tools. Our semester long collaboration included three site-visits and 10 weekly W Rosemarie Fiore - zachry.tamu.edu.