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Botanic garden and urban farm · Illinois · 2026 program
Evanescent: an exhibition distributed across a garden
Chicago Botanic Garden's Shimmering Summer program places Evanescent's oversized bubble forms in five locations, including its Visitor Center, a lawn, water near the Serpentine Bridge and the Farm on Ogden in Chicago. The temporary sculpture becomes a sequence of encounters across different settings, rather than a single destination.
Chicago Botanic Garden — Shimmering Summer ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefWould one focal installation or several connected encounters best serve the site's visitor routes?
Big Art Partners planning prompt Artist interview · seasonal landscape and visitor interaction
Evanescent: reflection changes with the setting
In the Garden's June 2026 interview, Zara Pasfield and Renzo Larriviere connect Evanescent to the fragility of everyday life during the pandemic; its first Australian exhibition was in 2021. They describe visitors touching and exploring the bubbles while sunlight and seasonal planting alter their reflections. The account places audience activity and landscape change within the artistic intent.
Chicago Botanic Garden — interview with Atelier Sisu ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefHow should the proposed experience change with sunlight, planting and the way visitors spend time at the site?
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