PROJECT PROPOSALS
The ecology of a piece in a dynamically changing environment
healing spaces apply the modalities of sculpture, biophilic design and landscape to curate a participatory experience of a place which enhances human nature bond and cultivates interconnection
Public Art Concepts
METACARPUS
Inspired by traditional circle dance with holding hands, this large scale modular sculpture explores negative space and surface as a functional outdoor environment. It allows vertical space for green wall planting while creating an ambient environment for cultural gatherings and outdoor learning. The modular structure facilitates seasonal and locational transformations.
Concepts applied in the design
Biophilic design attributes *
Environmental features: water, plants, habitats and ecosystem, views.
Natural shapes patterns & processes - sensory variability, bounded and transitional spaces, integration of parts and wholes.
Light and space - spacial variability, light and shadow, spacial harmony.
Evolved human - nature & place based relationship - prospect and refuge, exploration and discovery, curiosity and enticement, order and complexity
Nature Based Solutions - participatory design, stewardship and education, co-benefiting, education and outdoor classroom space
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Materials, maintenance, building specifics are subject to further investigation and collaboration.
*as defined by Kellert et al (2008,7-15)
**vector art by ashva
SCULPTURE ON WATER
Activates spaces of interconnection through providing/exploring the porous surfaces of ceramic sculptural forms as a potential habitat for aquamarine life.
POETRY ON WALLS
A multi media installation presents seven portraits of Rome through poetry and texture projected onto public walls (participating businesses, city buildings, schools or community buildings) in various city locations. A QR tag on the wall reveals the location of the next poem surface in the series.
The project aims to engage people in the community to spend time outdoors and to move locally. This collection of written and visual material was created during a month long writing residency in Italy. The artist mediated her observations of the architectural environment into poetic writing and translated them back into her work with space, mass, surface and scale.
Rome is not innocent. Rome is best seen through its cracks. As a visual artist sensitive to space and surface, I couldn’t see my writing in a book, as much as I saw it as a part of the built environment. With the lockdowns taking place worldwide, I rediscovered locality. I soon began to envision the project as an opportunity to make people visit local businesses, spending more time outdoors, walking, biking, moving from one wall to another. Ultimately, the project looks into public art as an infrastructure which sculpts interconnection between places while it shortens distances.
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