This past weekend was the Art Under The Bridge Festival in Dumbo where interactive art is installed throughout the Dumbo area of Brooklyn. Among the throngs of people and the fantastic digital graffiti, the installation that stood out for me was The Experience of Green show at the Dumbo Arts Center (DAC). And well it should because I stood in line for nearly an hour to see it. I am a big fan of the outside-inside effect. I have tree branches as curtain rods and piles of dirt around my living spaces. Maybe it's a symbol of consciousness overtaking ego and the material world. I don't know, but the world created by Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen was phantasmagorical. Encased within the unyielding framework of glass, brick and metal of the DAC they manifested a winding network of gnarled scarlet trees and vines entirely created from red craft paper. It's stunning upon first sight, walking into this indoor forest but the most exciting part for me were the caves and crevices you could wander into and become completely enveloped in. Some of these recessed areas were very dark, cozy little spaces. Others had skylights that filtered in glimmers of crepuscular light. The visual sensation was that of scuba diving through a cave and looking up to see the ripples of light filtering down through the layers of brine and kelp. I could stay in one of those little spaces for hours in contentment. The photos do the exhibit no justice.
The exhibition runs through November 29th. For details go to http://www.dumboartscenter.org/.
No comments:
Post a Comment