PORTAL
Art-st-urban sculpture Park, Lucerne, Switzerland. Currently on exhibit.
Time Space Existence Exhibition, Giardini Marinaressa, European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy. 2020-2021

Aluminum, integrated lighting
274 x 274 x 40 cm (9' x 9' x 16”)

PORTAL is a sculptural work created for the Time Space Existence exhibition at the European Cultural Center exhibition space Giardini Marinaressa in Venice, Italy. The work joins art and architectural elements on a human scale. Shadow patterns infuse human form, evoking an emotional response with natural and human-made elements. PORTAL plays with the architectural aspect of the grand portal. In contemporary digital society, a portal is a gateway to information, a framework to provide a single access point to tools and information. PORTAL presents as a gateway to the human mind and explores an architectural element as sculptural expression.

PORTAL conveys the abstract figure of a flame to elicit passion and intense emotion. Using an architectural element invites dialogue, raising the tempo of questioning, provoking the personal, and offering a human connection. The work evokes the complexities and creativity of the human mind.

Shadow patterns cast from elements in the natural environment are a central component. The mind is influenced, perhaps defined, by light and varying qualities of light: reflectivity, glow, glare, glitter, absorption, and shadow. Light shapes psychological beings. Portal considers patterns of light as a passage between public and private. The work invites human interaction with these patterns. Enter the portal and become surrounded in sculptural form.

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Photo Credit: Gertrud Aeschliman, art-st-urban Sculpture Park, Lucerne, Switzerland; and European Cultural Center, Venice, Italy.