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MSU art students featured at new art show

Morgan Sierra in her installation, "Damnfino."

NEW ULM–The Grand Center for Arts and Culture opened a new exhibit to the public Friday, titled “Interspersonal.”

“Interspersonal” (sic) is a collection of art instillations created by MSU students.

“Installations is art made specifically for the space,” MSU Instructor Liz Miller said. Each of the students selected a section of the Grand’s gallery and created an exhibit around the space. Viewers are able to walk around, through and under the installation and are even encouraged to touch.

Miller said this is one of two projects the students completed for their class and they have prepared for months.

Morgan Sierra’s piece “Damnfino” took five months to create. Sierra’s installation is designed to resemble a Victorian sitting room.

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“I use to working in miniatures but I wanted to go bigger,” Sierra said. “I went to the theater department and they taught me to build the set.”

Her aesthetic is to create eerie imagery with a great amount of detail. People are drawn into the work for the detail but repelled at the same time.

Elizabeth Stensland used the natural laws of gravity to make her installation “Centrum of Gaiety” come alive. She hung over a dozen brightly colored nylon sacks from the ceiling and filled them with balls of clay. Walking through the installation visitors feel like their traveling to a cave with colorful stalactites.

Stensland said it took six to eight hours to setup the installation. Creating 150 pounds of round clay balls took the most time. The idea of the piece is to give a sense of repetition and tension. Each nylon had a different amount of weight pulling it down.

Devon Flohr’s installation “Your Name is Annette” was dedicated to her grandmother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago. The installation features several hundred post it notes scattered around the space. Each note contains written memories told by Flohr’s grandmother or things told to her grandmother on a daily basis. Several of the notes are burnt to symbolize the lost of memory. The paper-based installation took around nine hours to setup. This is the second time Flohrs has created an Alzheimer themed installation and she is considering a third recreation.

Devon Flohrs in her installation, "Your Name is Annette."

The “Interpersonal” exhibit run from April 21 to May 19. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. Saturday.

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