Part garden, part machine: "Landscape Abbreviated" by Nova Jiang
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"Landscape Abbreviated" by Nova Jiang
Jiang describes her creation as a "kinetic maze," but the intention seems more to have been to delight and inspire than to confuse or bamboozle
Artist Nova Jiang scoured the sidewalks of her native New York (Brooklyn, to be precise) to extract moss samples to embed into the moving planters of her Landscape Abbreviated art installation
The art installation consists of 12 wood and aluminum planter stands arranged about three feet apart in a square formation, creating a grid of nine smaller squares within
"Landscape Abbreviated" by Nova Jiang
Jiang describes her creation as a "kinetic maze," but the intention seems more to have been to delight and inspire than to confuse or bamboozle
The planters pivot at the circular end, effectively forming rotating gates which open up and shut off parts of the maze
Artist Nova Jiang scoured the sidewalks of her native New York (Brooklyn, to be precise) to extract moss samples to embed into the moving planters of her Landscape Abbreviated art installation
"Landscape Abbreviated" by Nova Jiang
Jiang describes her creation as a "kinetic maze," but the intention seems more to have been to delight and inspire than to confuse or bamboozle
The art installation consists of 12 wood and aluminum planter stands arranged about three feet apart in a square formation, creating a grid of nine smaller squares within
A line depiction of "Landscape Abbreviated" by Nova Jiang
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Artist Nova Jiang scoured the sidewalks of her native New York (Brooklyn, to be precise) to extract moss samples to embed into the moving planters of her Landscape Abbreviated art installation. Jiang describes her creation as a "kinetic maze," but the intention seems more to have been to delight and inspire than to confuse or bamboozle.
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