Arise
2018, 30' x 30' x 45', injection welded plastic debris, tinted polycrylic, hardware, LEDs
This Installation is comprised of over 30 individual illuminated sculptures made from plastic debris. Commissioned for a temporary (6 month) exhibition by Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, NE, Arise includes an interactive element that is a stream of different colored bottle caps that have been cleaned and sorted. The caps stem from the koi pond in the garden and lead to the base of the orange vortex of sculpted components. Visitors to the garden were invited to contribute their clean plastic caps to the cap stream. Below is me welding one of the larger sculptural components. My artist collaborator Marshall Coles was instrumental in the fabrication and installation of this piece. Fabrication support was provided by Innis Wolf, Marina Litvinskaya and Yvette King. The orange plastic debris was taken from decommissioned highway safety drums that most often when cracked or badly dented go into landfill. This piece couldn't have been created without support from The Orange County Arts Council of NY, Ermin Siljkovic, (The Recycling Coordinator of Orange County, NY) and many kind hands, heads and hearts in Omaha. A very special thank you to Sayaka Ganz, without whom this piece would not have come into being and to Bob Genzel and Gerry Sullivan for their incredible graciousness.
photos by Marshall Coles
