An installation created for the New York Center for Architecture’s street front double-height gallery, Landscape (Triptych) utilizes technical rope and energy-efficient electroluminescent wire in tension to create a dynamic interplay of light and space, where each of the distinct materials is meant to take precedence by night or day. The Center’s existing window frames work to define a divided canvas through which an abstract landscape is represented, its form inverting when seen in different light conditions.
Conceptualized as a sketch in light, the project emerged out of a desire to mimic the ubiquitous neon lights of other storefronts along LaGuardia Place. EL (electroluminescent) wire, typically used for decoration, floats, or costumes at events such as Burning Man, was seen as a material that could be re-purposed and used here architecturally to create a low voltage neon-like landscape that would seem to continue from the sidewalk adjacent.
Because the project fits tightly in the gallery’s double-height space, the installation was built from top to bottom – the upper portion hung and then pulled taught from below – so that the team could build itself out of it.
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