Marco Cochrane
R-Evolution ↗
A monumental figure gives the selection a civic landmark with human scale and a documented history across festival and city settings.
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A curated starting point
What could art
bring to your place?
Eighteen independently researched works spanning light, movement, material and public space. Use them to sharpen a brief and explore artists’ practices.
These are reference projects by independent artists, not a BAP portfolio or a list of available works. Artist participation, permissions and site suitability are established for each new project.
Jen Lewin
Aqueous ↗
Modular paths turn visitors’ movement into a shared field of light, adding a strong example of participation distributed across a large site.
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FoldHaus
Shrumen Lumen ↗
Origami mushrooms combine approachable forms with visible mechanical change, making this a useful reference for participatory sculpture and interpretation of fabrication.
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Christopher Schardt
Paraluna ↗
A moving disc of light and music introduces kinetic performance and an overhead audience experience distinct from static illuminated sculpture.
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Leo Villareal
Buckyball ↗
Nested illuminated geometry brings a precise urban-park precedent, with a well-identified photograph of the 2012 Madison Square Park presentation.
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Andy Scott
The Kelpies ↗
The paired horse heads connect monument scale to canal and working-horse history, broadening the selection beyond temporary light installations.
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Patrick Shearn / Poetic Kinetics
Liquid Shard ↗
Wind-driven strands make changing air visible over a plaza, offering an aerial counterpoint to the selection’s grounded sculptures.
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Squidsoup; voice sample by Eve Klein
Wave ↗
Suspended orbs distribute sound and light through a walk-through environment, adding an example of spatial audio as a central artwork material.
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ENESS
Airship Orchestra ↗
Inflatable characters combine an immediately legible visual identity with coordinated light and a spatial choir, balancing the more abstract works.
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Hank Willis Thomas
All Power to All People ↗
An enlarged Afro pick and raised fist foreground collective identity and public memory, giving the showcase a civic and cultural argument alongside spectacle.
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Arthur Mamou-Mani and the Catharsis Crew
Catharsis ↗
A modular timber amphitheater links sculpture to gathering, performance and reassembly, supplying an architectural-scale case study.
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Beatriz Cortez
Trinidad: Joy Station ↗
Steel structures connect collective living, migration and speculative futures, adding an exhibition-led counterpoint to outdoor festival work.
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Studio INI, led by Nassia Inglessis
Urban Imprint ↗
A visitor-actuated architectural surface offers a compelling example of physical interaction changing an entire environment.
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Abram Santa Cruz / Liquid PXL
Electric Dandelions ↗
Repeated luminous seed heads provide a clear precedent for a sequence along a promenade, with both daytime form and nighttime programming.
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B!G ART
The PORTAL ↗
A circular gateway creates a strong focal point for audience approach and theatrical arrival, adding a media-art entry moment.
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Tomás Saraceno
On Space Time Foam ↗
A suspended membrane transforms shared movement into an immersive spatial experience, adding a museum-scale example of bodily participation.
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Flaming Lotus Girls
Serenity ↗
Giant fireflies, illuminated seating and participant controls introduce a social sculpture with distinct ensemble and single-element presentations.
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Amigo & Amigo
ChronoHarp ↗
A touch-responsive triangular instrument demonstrates collective music making through sculpture, extending the showcase’s range of public interaction.
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