Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Passage: An Interactive Installation

Passage is a temporary interactive Installation. During the creation of the piece I was inspired to reflect the landscape which surrounded me, the rolling hills and valleys of Southern France. I was taken not only by the color-changing vineyards and moist caves but the vast sky that seemed to renew itself every day, fresh and crisp. This vast blue negative space which I represent with positive layers yet the air, the sky, fills the space between the sheets of fabric. The landscape is an ever changing element and experiencing it is an extreme sensory experience, two characteristics I attempted to capture.

Photo Credit: Kayla Cloonan
Photo Credit: Kayla Cloonan
 This piece also evokes a sense of play, like running through the sheets as a child. The hanging sheets of fabric also have a feminine quality with the waves of the edges and the layers mimicking a Georgia O'keefe painting. When inside of the work one feels safe and yet vulnerable.
Photo Credit: Kayla Cloonan

Photo Credit: Daniel Dennis

Photo Credit: Kayla Cloonan

2 comments:

  1. Yes it is like a baby blanket, and one cannot be a baby forever. At the end of the baby blanket is a whole new world, a universe of things to explore. Beware of comets, asteroids and dark matter.

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  2. I see the incredible vastness; I see time and space in my favorite color-blue; I feel playful and want to run through. I wonder if the fabric feels as cool and silky as it looks. I also imagine an ice cave in which I can see a polar bear right around the corner. RG

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