Air Space

Adam Frelin
Air Space
Digital direct-to-substrate print on PVC sheet
2021 – 2023

Adam Frelin’s work crosses disciplines of sculpture, photography, video, and performance, and is often occupied with surprising junctures between our built and natural worlds. This sort of optical fiction is also at the center of this large-scale, site-specific project, Air Space. After visiting Albany International Airport’s Air Traffic Control Tower and observing how air space is managed, Frelin enlisted the help of Mike Murray, a local pilot who flew him over the Airport to photograph the view over Concourse B. In doing so, anyone viewing this installation is replicating the flight path that the photographs were taken along, allowing the exact view from 2500’ above to be seen from within the Airport. The installation brings together two vantage points: a view of the ground from a plane in flight, and a view of a plane in flight from the ground.

The artist and Albany International Airport wish to thank Mike Murray, who piloted the aircraft from which the artist was able to capture these aerial photographs. Thanks also to Albany International Airport’s Air Traffic Manager, Daniel Pemrick, for his time and expertise.

Concourse B