Documented artwork / temporary public sculpture and gathering space
Autumn (…Nothing Personal)
Credit as documented: Teresita Fernández
Autumn (…Nothing Personal) was Teresita Fernández’s temporary public sculpture in Harvard Yard’s Tercentenary Theatre in 2018. Orange-and-yellow-striped tubes rose from concentric plywood benches between Memorial Church and Widener Library. Sunlight, moving visitors and the surrounding trees changed the installation’s appearance; embedded lights produced a different atmosphere after dark. Commissioned by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts, the work drew on James Baldwin’s 1964 essay Nothing Personal and created a setting for public readings, discussion and performance.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2018 (documented presentation)
- Materials
- plywood benches, striped tubes of unspecified material, embedded lighting
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Tubes 10 ft high; overall diameter not established
- Dimensions apply to
- Component height only; not an overall installation envelope.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
August 27 – October 1, 2018 (past presentation)
Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Materials and construction
Harvard reports tubes ten feet high but does not identify their material or the installation’s overall diameter. Its project announcement gives an August 27–October 1, 2018 presentation. The Gazette’s construction captions name Natalie Haddad and Billy Hilsee; these are installation-team credits rather than co-authorship. A prior image copyright year does not establish a separate creation or installation date.
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Sources
- autumnnothingpersonal.share.library.harvard.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- news.harvard.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17