landmarks, groves, illuminations, soundwork

These are approaches to projects undertaken elsewhere that may be explored here...

Landmarks provide an iconic marker of place, drawing the viewer into a dialog with form in space.  These often function as a unique wayfinder or gateway to a neighborhood or district. Monumental or totemic, an effective landmark takes cues from its environs while clearly standing apart as a beautiful anomaly.

Sculptural groves can take many configurations, both figuratively and spatially.  They often walk the fine line between culture and nature while inviting the viewer into an overall esthetic environment through multiplicity of form.

Illuminations are a means to provide evening or night presence and to play with patterning and light on form.  With LEDs, the options for creating light effects have expanded exponentially in the past decade.  Shifting colors, fades and rhythms can establish a particular ambience or mood that reinforces a feeling about a place.

Soundwork adds another approach to the sensory palette.  Aside from smell, sound is perhaps the most immediate esthetic modality.  It offers the chance to soothe, stimulate or irritate the listener with an ambient soundscape that can elicit memories of another time and place. As well, they offer an opportunity to engage in play or with the natural elements (wind, rain, etc).