River City Reflections, 2018
Paper messages, LED marble lights, paper cups, plastic lids
Site-specific interactive installation
Paper messages, LED marble lights, paper cups, plastic lids
Site-specific interactive installation
River City Reflections was an interactive artwork featured in 1708 Gallery's annual InLight Richmond show, displayed in the sculpture garden at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It was a collaborative work with artist Carl Patow (carlpatow.com).
Participants were asked to write down a wish for the future of Richmond, Virginia. Each wish was placed in a translucent cup, illuminated with a tiny LED light and sealed with a tight fitting lid. Participants floated their wishes down a waterfall feature in the sculpture garden, where the wishes then settled in a pool at the waterfall's base. Over the course of the two-night show a total of 3,500 wishes collected in the pool, creating a radiant mass of community hopes for the future of the city. The wishes were uploaded to MyWishForRichmondIs.com for public view.
River City Reflections was awarded "Best In Show" by InLight 2018 curator Kimberli Gant, the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA.
Participants were asked to write down a wish for the future of Richmond, Virginia. Each wish was placed in a translucent cup, illuminated with a tiny LED light and sealed with a tight fitting lid. Participants floated their wishes down a waterfall feature in the sculpture garden, where the wishes then settled in a pool at the waterfall's base. Over the course of the two-night show a total of 3,500 wishes collected in the pool, creating a radiant mass of community hopes for the future of the city. The wishes were uploaded to MyWishForRichmondIs.com for public view.
River City Reflections was awarded "Best In Show" by InLight 2018 curator Kimberli Gant, the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA.
Wish-containing cups floating in the pool
Participants wrote and assembled their wishes at tables at the top of the waterfall
View from the lower pool
Timelapse recorded over a 6 hour span on November 16, 2018 - the first night of the two-night show