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Onlookers would be surprised to discover that the artist is often observing from only a few feet away. New York-based sculptor Orly Genger has become known for her use of patterned hand-knotting techniques to build large-scale work, in both interior and exterior spaces.

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Her manipulation of the material into massive forms explores physicality and space, as her pieces will often alter and reconstruct the very space its exhibited in, and provokes visitors into engaging with the work. With the installation soon bound for Massachusetts, we checked in with the artist to review her past few weeks. When the show first opened, I would visit frequently, almost every day.

Now I visit maybe once a week, walking through and looking. First of all, just checking the work out and making sure everything is still standing. So the park was a little concerned. It was a two and a half year period. So the rope arrived at my studio on these pallets and really big boxes, usually fresh from the ocean, so it was wet. Fish scales and lobster claws.

Then the process of knotting started—knotting all day long, then at nighttime, priming and painting.