Skip Goetzinger

With my first viewing of American artist Joseph Cornell’s (1903-1972) assemblage boxes, I was in love. Little self-contained, packaged environments meant to be enjoyed for the design, mystery intended to be solved. There are just some things that need to be preserved behind glass and archived for a time. I was in need of a creative outlet, with a beautiful workshop in the basement, a boatload of eclectic “stuff,” when the timing of making my version of Joseph Cornell boxes all came together. Joseph’s boxes are classified as surrealistic. Mine, perhaps, have only little moments of such. Joseph’s boxes had no moving parts, or outside access to the inner world behind the glass. My boxes use motors, and lights, animating the interior. Levers and knobs allow the viewer to access the inner space.