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Railing sign: Six seasons A long metal railing extends the length of the pier. Mounted to the rail is a folded piece of metal which contains the story of water in this landscape. Organized by seasons and presented in six short poetic forms, the narrative ows across the two metal planes. The names of seasons form a consistent timeline across the sign while the poetic descriptions change in scale, weight and placement, a reference to the ebb and ow of water levels.
Forest Preserves of Cook County/Openlands
Words are sandblasted into the metal surface and backpainted gray. The folded metal planes allow the sign information to be presented on more than one surface for a more active reading experience. Viewers need not approach the narrative from a purely sequential standpoint.