Holding Breath
Commission for Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Cornwall
2020
'Holding Breath' fuses architectural, anatomical and geological formations; referencing tensions and shifts, above and below the surface and structures designed to support and breathe.
When approached from the south, the structure appears as a solid, heavy form, which is activated and changes as the visitor walks around to almost appearing completely see-through, revealing slices of the surrounding gardens, sky, horizon and St. Michael's Mount Island.
The central shift of the structure physically creates a gesture of relief and responds with both nature and viewer, allowing the visitors and the wind to pass through the work and the structure to breathe. The form is reminiscent of a fractured wall, in which the middle section has been dislocated and sits raised above the ground supported by the structure on either side. The design references fractures and shifts within geology, specifically fault blocks and Horsts.
When approached from the south, the structure appears as a solid, heavy form, which is activated and changes as the visitor walks around to almost appearing completely see-through, revealing slices of the surrounding gardens, sky, horizon and St. Michael's Mount Island.
The central shift of the structure physically creates a gesture of relief and responds with both nature and viewer, allowing the visitors and the wind to pass through the work and the structure to breathe. The form is reminiscent of a fractured wall, in which the middle section has been dislocated and sits raised above the ground supported by the structure on either side. The design references fractures and shifts within geology, specifically fault blocks and Horsts.