Client: Winridge Park | UrbanArt Commission
Location: Memphis, TN, United States
Completion date: 2018
Artwork budget: $80,500
Project Team
Lead artist, fabricator
Patrick Renner
Flying Carpet Creative
Lead engineer
Kelly O'Brien
Flying Carpet Creative
Overview
This deconstructed bouquet, composed of an array of seven elements, fans out across the previously empty green space of Winridge Park. Sunlight filters through cast colored glass pieces trapped in the woven stainless steel cones that top each totem. The pitchers present various viewing experiences: they shift from a tight cluster to an open, meandering line from the changing vantage point as one drives past, and can conversely be observed up-close at leisure, where they challenge human scale as visitors to the park move among the grove of exotic flora.
Goals
To reframe the park as a place where people can go to experience art and enjoy the open green space.
Process
The Flying Carpet Creative team worked to create an immersive installation for Winridge Park that celebrates the surrounding community, including the abutted elementary school.