Amy Sharp

My two months at the Berwick Research Institute (BRI) followed five months of commuting between a job in New York City and living and working in Boston. The timeliness of being in Lower Manhattan in September 2001 influenced my proposal to be an Artist in Research at the BRI. I needed the space to work alone, but the support of a community. I wanted to work without preconceptions or commitments to an end product. The BRI members responded by dedicating a quarter of their space to constructing a semi-private studio space and helping move my materials, including 80 ten-gallon aquariums, into the studio.