Hubris Atë Nemesis installation curves up Maine contemporary art gallery
Curvy and bent wooden strips are laid out to resemble a wave in this installation in Maine, created by local designers Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B Nguyen.
Kavanaugh and Nguyen designed the Hubris Atë Nemesis installation for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA), taking cues from the from the rough waters and wind in Maine.
Long, timber strips are layered across the floor and up the ceiling to fill the open-plan gallery space, with crests curling over entrances to other parts of the contemporary art gallery.
"The subject matter is borrowed from Maine's rugged coastal landscape and the tradition of artists who have explored the interplay of its natural forces, people and built environment," the designers told Dezeen.
Visitors can traverse over the wave-like design via a pair of wooden pathways that intersect in the middle of the space. They walkways are formed from boards that are arranged to gradually come apart.
"The path contributes to the experience of the work as a whole," Kavanaugh and Nguyen said. "The viewer is made aware of the movement of the artwork through their own movement over the undulating boardwalk."
"By unifying this relationship between the 'path' and the 'piece,' the viewer is completely immersed in the work, removing the layer of separation between art and viewer," the designers added.
The cohesion of the all wooden Hubris Atë Nemesis causes the design, and the path that stretches across it, to fuse t...
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