‘Off the Grid’ consists of solar panels set in a frame behind a darkened glass. Filtering the rays of light coming in, the glass strips the panels of their original functionality, returning them to the state of a pristine aesthetic often associated with the geometry of grids, as in a work of abstract art from the previous century. The title of the work is a reference to artist Agnes Martin, who was known for her austere and often monochromatic grid paintings. The sequential pattern of the panels follows ‘On a Clear Day’, a series of prints that Martin created in 1973, the first work she had made since leaving New York City in 1967 and going “off the grid,” so to speak, settling in a series of locations in New Mexico where she lived in near-complete isolation for many years. To Mittwoch, the solar panels represent a set of opposites. On the one hand, as a self-sufficient system, they allow individuals or a community to disconnect from the grid of society; on the other, they represent connection through the continuous flow of energy generated by sunlight.