Sonya Blesofsky is an installation artist whose site-specific work deals with architectural fragility – not only the troubling weakness of physical structures, but also the tenuous nature of the memory and history of a particular place.
In residence, she used the history of Peterborough's built environment as source material for two site-specific projects related to memorializing and questioning history. In a departure from her typical in-situ installation methods, she created drawings and stand-alone sculptures from historic wood found on site.
Studios
Eastman
Sonya Blesofsky worked in the Eastman studio.
Thanks
to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise
Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy
efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was
simply converted for…
