Wayfinding

2017Hardcover256 pages9.4 x 11.6 inches, 24 x 29.5 cm480 color illustrations  Edited by Denise Markonish, curator at at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts Contributions by Isolde Brielmeir, Anna Dopico, David Hinton, Teresita Fernández, and Elizabeth King  Teresita Fernández creates elaborate installations that pull viewers into other worlds and environments, playing with scale, material and how we understand and navigate the landscape. The idea of wayfinding—moving from place to place or even getting lost—is critical to understanding Fernández’s approach, which incorporates unconventional materials such as graphite, pyrite, dyed thread, polycarbonate tubes, gold and malachite to explore how we look at and process our surroundings from land to sky, private to public. This book is a journey designed as constellation of works rather than a chronological retrospective, inviting readers to explore Fernández’s oeuvre through large, full-color illustrations; writings on place; referenc