In Atlanta's largest public space, Freedom Park, our collective public history can be known ranging from civil rights to architectural and environmental issues. The site is bordered by the birthplace of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. It is home to the Carter Center created by former president Jimmy Carter to promote international human rights. Architecturally, this site was the location of some of Atlanta's oldest homes which were demolished to clear a path for a highway. Public activism stopped this transportation project and worked to bring about the present day park as an environmental gift to the city.

This project aspires to pay tribute to the rich multi-layered history of this site. Significant events in Atlanta's social, architectural and environmental formation can find abstract symbolic reference in this piece. Layers of materials and assemblies contribute to the possible readings and meaningful interpretations. A scan of the human body forms an abstract, transforming image. The front surface is made of acrylic panels digitally printed with this image. It has a changing figure/ground reversal of black and white along the length of its surface. The image visually transforms integrating differences from end to end. Supporting the image is structural framing in the manner of residential wall construction undulating and uplifting. Beyond the framing, polycarbonate sheeting changes in the environmental elements of wind, rain and sunlight. This project is a temporary installation referring to the ever changing site conditions.

digital scan printed on acrylic surface over wood structure
50' w x 4' d x 12' h