Doris Sung, Bloom
image © brandon shigeta
The metal creation is installed at the Materials & Applications courtyard in Los Angeles. This 25-by-40-foot area is dedicated to outdoor exhibition space, a place where emerging artists and designers could collaborate on new ideas for public space. Sung’s installation (in collaboration with Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter and Matthew Melnyk),certainly qualifies as a new idea. It stands 20 feet tall and is constructed out of a metal skin that kinetically responds to the heat of the sun.
Doris Sung, Bloom
image © brandon shigeta
When the temperature is cool, the panels close down to a solid structure. As the temperature rises, the individual metal components fan out to increase shade and air flow.
Doris Sung, Bloom
image © brandon shigeta
The piece consists of sections of laser-cut sheet metal assembled into a self-organizing pattern.
Doris Sung, Bloom
image courtesy of M&A
The installation will be on display until Spring 2012. Read more at the Materials & Applications site: http://www.emanate.org/
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