Edge States, 2025
Julian Ties
installation
Edge States is a minimal public installation that uses high-tension red rope to create spatial interruptions in overlooked city zones—beneath scaffolding, behind fences, along alleyways.
These rope constructions appear incidental, architectural, and often go unnoticed at first glance—but once discovered, they shift the energy of the space. They reward observation, turning ignored urban infrastructure into charged visual moments.
The work examines the nervous system of the city: its edges, avoidance paths, and blind spots. Each piece is site-specific and temporary, installed with restraint and without signage.
A kind of spatial punctuation that lingers in the body. Edge States challenges how we perceive our surroundings—and what our attention edits out. It’s a quiet confrontation with the invisible architecture of movement, control, and permission.
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About the Artist
Julian Ties is a modern artist exploring the intersection of fashion, sculpture, and performance. Through site-specific installations and meticulously choreographed performances, his work investigates themes of form, space, and transformation.
Working primarily with rope as a sculptural medium, Ties creates immersive experiences that challenge conventional boundaries between body, fashion, and environment. His practice spans performance art, installations, and fashion collaborations.
Based in New York City, Ties develops large-scale performative works and installations that engage with their environments in unexpected ways. His recent works have been featured at Art Basel, marking an evolution in his exploration of fashion as performance art.
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