The media are not toys… they can be entrusted only to new artists, because they are art forms.
(McLuhan, 1954)
Radial
Art Installation in LandscapePoughkeepsie, New York
Year: fall 2016
+bamboo +japanesegarden +radial +sculpture +onsite +installation +public art +plywood
On the Vassar campus, the Japanese garden
has started to decay over the years due
to a lack of maintenance. In the middle of the
garden landscape is a large rock, which collects
rain water through its narrow opening.
My sculptural intervention on the site is a visual
device in a radial shape meant to channel
new energy into the space and serve as a
contrast point to the yin energy of the stone.
Made of much more temporal material - bamboo
- and in its natural pale shade, its yang
energy resonates through the condensed foci
point in the center, from which positive energy
tunnels through. The piece is made of a total
of 881 chopsticks from the waste and donation
of Asian American fast food restaurants in the
area. The sculpture was installed on site and
left to blend into its natural surroundings.
