COMMUNITY PROFILES

Revolve

Fall 2021

Located at the top of the Runyon Canyon hiking trail, I designed an installation that explores how a curve limits and cultivates a rethinking of how space is perceived and how we go about entering a space. With a horizontal and vertical undulating structure, there becomes a moment where the user decides how that space is experienced, cumulating into something unique for each user.

When moving about the installation, people can interact with the objects hanging from the top by spinning them on a hinge. The rotatation of each stick creates moments of layered opaque and transparent visibility based on the user’s position in relation to the form. This allows for people to see each other and respond to movement from once side of the form to another.

There are opportunities for the user to choose their own path, to walk around or duck under, especially restricted to their size and height which pushes how they experience the inside/outside space. By revolving along the curve and allowing movement around and through the form, this project aims to bring people, animals, and children giving them new ways to activate the city.

INSTRUCTOR: ROBERT LEY