Emergence
May 2010

Emergence seeks to lyrically and powerfully respond to the unseen, submerged world of the Sculpture Garden at the Katzen Arts Center. Two large forms thrust upward out of the garden toward Ward Circle, making visible what exists but is generally unseen: the garden below, wind, light, movement, color, reflection, and sky.

Emergence’s proportions comport with the large scale of the building, and its forms recall other large submerged natural elements: icebergs and tectonic plates. Ward Circle acts as the magnet pulling Emergence's shards of ice, while the project’s delicately articul ated structure and skin reference the ephemerality of natural life.