MOBILE

MOBILE is a floating sculpture, conceived to suspend from the ceiling at the center of a stairwell. It is composed of five sections, each an actual tree branch, from the olive, oak, laurel, maple and cypress varieties. Each section carries a particular symbolism and features bronze cast directly onto the branches. The branches are separated and hung with a system of stainless steel wires, that allows the sculpture a certain mobility and rotation, caused by human touch or air draft. As you climb or descend the stairs, a close view of each branch is revealed, with its details, particularities and individual character and humour. These details are not perceivable from the top or the bottom of the stairs, where you have a an overall view of the sculpture. Nature, living within it, bringing the outside indoors within a specific architectural space, was the main concern of this project. Location: Private collection, Montreal, Canada

Material

bronze, iron-or, stainless steel

Date

2015

Dimensions

300 x 164 x 164 cm