- Summer 2025
- Spring 2026
- Winter 2026
[30 - 06 - 2025 13:45 W]
[30 - 06 - 2025 14:25 S]
[30 - 06 - 2025 15:10 SW]
- 21:30:59 EST 17°C
Rindon Johnson + Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit.
2024 - 2029
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. is a site-specific, collaborative project chronicling several sculptural interventions as they engage with the wetlands near Saugerties, NY as a site of regenerative growth and interspecies interaction.
Featuring four large, non-figurative steel sculptures that subtly alter the flow of water in the vernal pool in which they are situated, this project harnesses wetland processes such as stagnation and leaching. The design of these works yields new pathways for water retention and soil collection, while providing niches for flora and fauna.
Transmitted to audiences through seasonal video documentation uploaded to this site, the work connects far-flung audiences to an experimental ecosystem. Virtual visitors are invited to observe how these sculptures cohabitate with their natural wetland surroundings, gradually submerging into and re-emerging from the landscape in response to shifting water levels.
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. materializes the artists’ interest in what it means to make a work whose interaction with land could ultimately be considered quasi-regenerative and barely traceable. At once tangible and virtual, this hybrid project marks a continuation of Johnson and Loeppky-Kolesnik's longstanding artistic collaboration and shared interest in sense of place and site-specificity with a new level of focus.
Featuring four large, non-figurative steel sculptures that subtly alter the flow of water in the vernal pool in which they are situated, this project harnesses wetland processes such as stagnation and leaching. The design of these works yields new pathways for water retention and soil collection, while providing niches for flora and fauna.
Transmitted to audiences through seasonal video documentation uploaded to this site, the work connects far-flung audiences to an experimental ecosystem. Virtual visitors are invited to observe how these sculptures cohabitate with their natural wetland surroundings, gradually submerging into and re-emerging from the landscape in response to shifting water levels.
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. materializes the artists’ interest in what it means to make a work whose interaction with land could ultimately be considered quasi-regenerative and barely traceable. At once tangible and virtual, this hybrid project marks a continuation of Johnson and Loeppky-Kolesnik's longstanding artistic collaboration and shared interest in sense of place and site-specificity with a new level of focus.
About
Rindon Johnson and Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik are 2022 Black Cube Artist Fellows. This project was ideated beginning in 2022, installed in 2024, and included in UPSTATE ART WEEKEND 2024. The first batch of video documentation above comes from summer 2025, a year into the artwork's presence on site.
From the Artists
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. is physically located in the region that is now known as the Hudson Valley, the shared ancestral land of the Lenape, Mohican, Schaghticoke, Haudenosaunee, and Wappinger peoples, who were forced from their lands through colonialism and genocide. We acknowledge that these Nations are the original stewards of this land on which this work takes place and that they continue residing on these lands today. We are confused by property. We acknowledge, recognize, and honor the Indigenous communities of this region from the past, present, and future.
Digitally, this work exists through a connected online system of servers, cables, and computer devices maintained by human actors. In the United States, much of this infrastructure sits on stolen land acquired under the extractive logic of white settler expansion. The online form of this work, fullambit.blackcube.art, runs on servers located in numerous locations across the continent located on the ancestral lands of several Indigenous nations. We recognize this history and affirm the sovereignty of Indigenous people, data, and territory.
Digitally, this work exists through a connected online system of servers, cables, and computer devices maintained by human actors. In the United States, much of this infrastructure sits on stolen land acquired under the extractive logic of white settler expansion. The online form of this work, fullambit.blackcube.art, runs on servers located in numerous locations across the continent located on the ancestral lands of several Indigenous nations. We recognize this history and affirm the sovereignty of Indigenous people, data, and territory.
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. is a site-specific, collaborative project chronicling several sculptural interventions as they engage with the wetlands near Saugerties, NY as a site of regenerative growth and interspecies interaction.
Featuring four large, non-figurative steel sculptures that subtly alter the flow of water in the vernal pool in which they are situated, this project harnesses wetland processes such as stagnation and leaching. The design of these works yields new pathways for water retention and soil collection, while providing niches for flora and fauna.
Transmitted to audiences through seasonal video documentation uploaded to this site, the work connects far-flung audiences to an experimental ecosystem. Virtual visitors are invited to observe how these sculptures cohabitate with their natural wetland surroundings, gradually submerging into and re-emerging from the landscape in response to shifting water levels.
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. materializes the artists’ interest in what it means to make a work whose interaction with land could ultimately be considered quasi-regenerative and barely traceable. At once tangible and virtual, this hybrid project marks a continuation of Johnson and Loeppky-Kolesnik's longstanding artistic collaboration and shared interest in sense of place and site-specificity with a new level of focus.
Featuring four large, non-figurative steel sculptures that subtly alter the flow of water in the vernal pool in which they are situated, this project harnesses wetland processes such as stagnation and leaching. The design of these works yields new pathways for water retention and soil collection, while providing niches for flora and fauna.
Transmitted to audiences through seasonal video documentation uploaded to this site, the work connects far-flung audiences to an experimental ecosystem. Virtual visitors are invited to observe how these sculptures cohabitate with their natural wetland surroundings, gradually submerging into and re-emerging from the landscape in response to shifting water levels.
Sitting a little way off, beyond the trees, so as to remain in the full ambit. materializes the artists’ interest in what it means to make a work whose interaction with land could ultimately be considered quasi-regenerative and barely traceable. At once tangible and virtual, this hybrid project marks a continuation of Johnson and Loeppky-Kolesnik's longstanding artistic collaboration and shared interest in sense of place and site-specificity with a new level of focus.