Taiko Chandler

Installations / Momentum

Momentum is a site-responsive installation composed of approximately 70 hand-pulled monotype prints on Tyvek. Each sheet is cut by hand and assembled on-site over several days, using small paper fasteners and T-pins to form a rhythmic, dimensional structure.

Tyvek’s durability and flexibility allow me to treat each print like a drawn line—fluid, yet structural. Its lightness and translucency support the layered complexity of the form while also allowing the work to evolve: dismantled, reshaped, and reimagined.

As I build, each piece flows into the next. The work grows freely, gaining energy—momentum—until it seems to move of its own accord. The tension between substance and space, form and void, invites an open visual dialogue.

Though each element is unique, the installation speaks to the strength of the collective. In a time marked by division, Momentum reflects a belief in connection, resilience, and the possibility of coming together to create something stronger.

"Manipulated" at Republic Plaza in Denver, 2018.
Photo: Wes Magyar