Whispers of a Daydream
August, 2024
3m x 3m x 15m
Cary, NC
For the Cary Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival
Whispers of a Daydream was a 15m long shade structure made to provide a bit of respite to the thousands of visitors at the Lazy Daze festival in Cary, North Carolina. It consisted of 94 individual flags, CNC cut to form a flowing landscape between the viewers and the sky. The randomly colored fabrics would sway at the slightest breeze and collectively showcase the playful nature of the wind.
Situated just off the main walkway, it invited passersby to step into its cool shade and enjoy a moment of calm amidst the vibrant art scene surrounding the city center. Young children found the gentle movements particularly captivating while their parents welcomed the chance to pause and recharge in the tranquil setting.
Fabrication of some structural elements and installation help by Eddie’s Mind.
Cary Pixel Wall
August, 2023, 2024
10'9" x 9'5" x 7’4'“
Cary, NC
For the Cary Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival
The Lazy Daze Festival is one of the most impressive arts and crafts festivals in the country, featuring close to 300 top tier artists from around the country and playing host to thousands of visitors and enthusiasts.
As a temporary, free standing structure, this Pixel Wall was triangular in shape with two longer walls and one shorter wall. This provided 3 canvases for kids of all ages to freely express themselves through a multitude of bright colors.
Fabrication of the structure by Eddie’s Mind.
Lemonade
September, 2019
7'6" x 7'6"
Governors Island, NYC, NY
For Portal: Governors Island
This small Pixel Patch was created for the 12th installment of Portal: Governors Island (formerly Governors Island Art Fair), an independent art fair where a collection of 80+ artists are given a space along Colonels Row to showcase their work.
Lemonade brings the Pixel Patch concept back home to where it all began. Just a short ferry ride away from Brooklyn and Manhattan, Governors Island serves as an escape for city dwellers of all ages. Yellow and magenta pixels contrast against the black panel surface and give New Yorkers the ability to create highly visible pixel art on a square canvas.
Open every weekend from August 31 to September 29, 2019.
#pixelpatchportal
The Story Goes On
November, 2018
83' x 8'6"
Durham, NC
Commissioned by Durham Central Park and the City of Durham
Completed with Jennifer Hiser
The Story Goes On is a tribute to artists and activists who have used their craft to promote social change. The initial mural, a collage of hope, resistance, and creativity, illustrated the role that local community members, past and present, have had in shaping the region and served as a reminder of the enduring goals for the next generation.
Located in the heart of Durham, the piece allows residents and visitors to express themselves in a fun, creative, and public way. They become the creators of the content, stewards of the blocks, and leaders in community building.
This project aims to be the first of a new generation of Pixel Patches – one that will bind geographic communities together through the common medium of pixel art. #pixelpatchdurham
#PixelPatch wndr museum
September, 2018
15' x 9'6"
Chicago, IL
Commissioned by the wndr museum
Completed with Jennifer Hiser
The WNDR museum is a pop-up art collection featuring an array of incredible interactive and explorative projects from artists across the world. From reactive screens to optical illusions, it gives patrons the opportunity find and share moments that they won't find anywhere else.
We were asked to install a small Pixel Patch using a bright color palette – something that would contribute to the visually stunning collection of works at the museum. The timeline was extremely tight, and so the fabrication of the panels was done via a local shop while the blocks were being molded and shipped from our supplier.
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Neural Alley
August, 2016
Wood, Acrylic, Paint
6’ x 12’ x 90’
Chattanooga, TN
Commissioned by the River City Company
Completed with Jennifer Hiser and Carson Smuts
A large scale interactive public art piece created for Passageways – a program by the AIA Tennessee and River City Company designed to revitalize downtown Chattanooga through the introduction of art installations in highly trafficked alleyways.
The primary inspiration of the piece was the concept of transference. The alleyway is a corridor for people to go from one place to another, the Tennessee river is a natural channel for water, the streets around the alleyway are conduits for transportation, etc. We designed Neural Alley as an additional layer of transference that would not only promote a disruption with the pedestrian traffic of the alley, but also change the character of the space and transform it into something that would enrich the journey.
We Were Strangers Once Too
February, 2017
Metal, Wood
10’ x 15’ x 21’
Times Square, New York, NY
Commissioned by the Times Square Alliance
Completed at the Office for Creative Research
with Jer Thorp and Genevieve Hoffman
First two images by Justin Bettman
Created for the annual Time's Square Valentine's Day heart art installation, We Were Strangers Once Too was a love letter to immigrants, celebrating the diversity they bring to New York City.
The project was based on the 2015 American Community Survey’s 1-Year estimates of New York City’s foreign-born population. This study showed that an estimated 3.2 million of NYC’s 8.5 million residents were born outside the United States. Using a simple visual language of linear stripes to illustrate these populations over 33 vertical poles, we could give people the ability to physically dive into a story about statistics without realizing they were actually wading through a jungle of data.
Weathering Walkways
June, 2016
Ripstop Nylon, Zip Ties
3m x 3.5m x 12m
Manchester, UK
Commissioned by the University of Manchester
Completed at the Office for Creative Research
with Jer Thorp and Kate Rath
Last six images by Sebastian Matthes
Weathering Walkways was a temporary data installation created in conjunction with the University of Manchester. The goal was to bring data into the public realm by physically visualizing a study about the possible correlation between the weather and the symptoms of chronic pain. Using simple materials digitally fabricated and hung over a long span, people could ‘walk through data’ at their own pace and attempt to see if there was any connection between the amount of pain people felt and the weather conditions present when they reported it.
