Tauba Auerbach — Filing System, trimmed manila file folders, 2012.I’d like to make a pap

Tauba Auerbach—Filing System, trimmed manila file folders, 2012.

I’d like to make a paper work for the box that is based on Steven’s files. The form will be a manila file folder that opens up onto another file folder. It will be a pop-up of sorts, some kind of special folding pattern where two folders seem to “contain” one another, depending on how they are opened and closed, making an infinite loop of inside-ness. My aim will be to make something special and beautiful that celebrates Steven’s attention to organizing and canonizing a part of artistic practice that is often overlooked. I visited him while I was doing research for several oddly structured books I was working on, so I feel it is fitting to apply some of what I learned during that visit to the piece I’ll make for his tribute. 

—Tauba Auerbach, Artist Statement