Layers
VENICE BIENNALE
Layers is a light filled environmental installation composed of large-scale glowing light box, three-dimensional imagery, audio dialogue and organic material that is situated at the Time Space Existence Palazzo Bembo exhibit at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. It is an experiential exhibition where a repeating loop of audio dialogue runs parallel to three-dimensional imagery. The exhibit depicts a moment in time in the woodlands where image, materiality and oral conversation intertwine. Together they address pivotal issues of ancestry, de-carbonization, and public participation with art in our contemporary public realm. By examining the metaphor of a tree with its hyper-exaggerated jute roots splaying three-dimensionally in the earth, Layers investigates the interconnected architectural components of our cultural arts institutions today and in the future.