MODEL CITY (BLUE TENTS), 2004Model City (Blue Tents) like Yellow Column Field was constructed with identical units to create a plane where viewing experiences above and below were distinctly different. For Model City (Blue Tents) over 100 Ikea tents were dyed deep turquoise and then configured to create a seamless undulating plane. Above a patterned grid of dome shapes was created, while below the underside of the tents resembled a solid blue tarp. The number of units employed in presenting the sculpture varies with the particulars of the site. At Drake University a long narrow gallery and carpeted floor called for a plane that began above the viewers head and gently sloped to three and a half feet above the ground. This required the gallery visitor to literally duck under the canopy to discover the domed tent tops. At Fusebox an existing architectural feature - a pivoting dividing wall - interrupted the flow of the grid and required that the field of tents literally “split” into two tributaries. At the KZNSA Gallery in Durban South Africa, an open space with an upper level balcony, the tent grid was installed to dip beneath the balcony edge and allowed for what was perhaps the most significant separation of views.
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