Golden Afternoon - Professional Work
In collaboration with Urban Matter Inc.
Site: Austin, TX
Project team: Shagun Singh, Rick Lin, Marija Nikolovski, Aaron Campbell, Sara Bayer, Danielle Christophe
Date: Completed May 2015
Role: Design Consultant
Golden Afternoon is the first large scale permanent interactive installation in the City of Austin's Public Art Collection. The installation mimics a hanging garden that has overgrown from the flower beds on the ground level, down the open stairwell, and is making its way into the parking lot. This hanging garden evokes a sense of fantasy because of its gigantic reflective flowers and illuminated fields. It responds to people walking up and down the stairs by sending light through this natural surreal ecosystem.
The stairs mimic the rabbit hole of the fantasy novel Alice in Wonderland, and the piece aspires to create a sense of wonder and delight akin to being in fantasy or wonderland. The forms used in the artwork are primarily based on the floral geometries of the Prairie Nymph and the Indian Blanket, which are wildflowers popular in Texas.
http://urbanmatterinc.com/golden-afternoon/
