steel, wood, Plexiglas, water, pvc, pump 24 x 8 x 12' 2006 Collect Pond Park, downtown, New York City New York City Parks Department and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Description: Combining the archaic and the modern with an absurdist twist, the steel-and- Plexiglas structure provides shelter from its own inclement weather. A water tank sprays water onto a skylight incongruously mounted on a "sidewalk bridge," much like the ones that protect pedestrians at construction sites. The water runs across one roof, cascades down onto a lower roof, and into a gutter that leads to a drainpipe and back to the water tank. Inside the bridge hang several seats recalling both old-fashioned porch swings and traditional park benches, allowing up to eight people to sit and talk while rain splashes romantically on the skylight overhead.
BABBLE, PUMMEL & PRIDE
glass, steel, wood, water, pump, aircraft cable 25 x 12 x 18' 2006 Evergreen House at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Description: Near the Evergreen House Stony Run Brook Bridge there's a ruptured pipe jutting out of the water. A stream of water about twenty feet high gushes out of the pipe. It arcs over the bank, splashes onto the glass roof of the gazebo-like structure. The water runs down the glass roof, cascades over the edge like a waterfall and where it flows back into the brook. The work seats six on two gently swaying benches sheltered from the water by the glass roof.
Year in Review�Best Public Art in 2006, Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts
This sixteen-foot high perforated steel tree produces a continuous fog, inviting visitors to be engulfed in its midst and revel in its cool, moist air. The fog is in a constant state of flux, sensitive to the slightest changes in wind, temperature, and humidity. Simultaneously eerie, unexpected, and playful, �Woozy Blossom� transforms its site into an ever-changing, otherworldly environment.
This temporary portable fountain is designed as a kit-of-parts. It only requires a wrench, a rope, a standard electric receptacle and a water hose connection to be installed. The work is self-supporting (flat steel root-shaped base) and can be installed on any surface.
Woozy Blossom photos: Margaret Fox
Matthew Geller
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