Breathing Pavilion by artist Ekene Ijeoma is a temporary installation in Brooklyn made of illuminated inflatable pillars that invite people to breathe along with its pulsing lights.
Breathing Pavilion encompasses a 30-foot (nine-metre) circle of 20 nine-foot (three-metre) inflatable pillars held up by concrete bases, positioned around a raised bed of marble chips on a square in Brooklyn's Cultural District in New York.
Breathing Pavilion by Ekene Ijeoma
Ijeoma created the meditative public artwork as a response to years of political turmoil, the coronavirus pandemic and systematic racism.
"The only thing that was certain was that we'd still be fighting for Black lives," said Ijeoma.
"The concept is something that I just thought of for this project," the artist told Dezeen. "But I've been developing some other ideas around creating spaces and also public spaces for relieving stress." The installation is in Downtown Brooklyn
The installation is positioned on a corner where many protesters gathered to march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement during the summer of 2020.
Since the death of Eric Garner, who was suffocated in a chokehold by New York City Police in 2014, "I can't breathe" has been a rallying cry of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Inflatable pillars form a meditative circle
The pillars are two-tone, with reflective silver on the outside and translucent white insides fitted with LED lights.
Ijeoma chose the orange gl...