MYRIAD
2020
UTSW Clements University Hospital
Dallas TX
5465 hollow stainless steel spheres, 1304 stainless steel cables
8’W x 64’L x 35’H
Commissioning Agency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
UTSW Art Program Curator: Courtney K. Crothers
Art Consultants: Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art
Interior Design: Hoefer Wysocki
General Contractor: Austin Industries
Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore
Lighting Design: The Lighting Practice
Installation: TM Graphics, Tom McKerrow, Jorge Diaz, Michael Morris, Gary V. Jones, Kevin Jacobs, Lance Lander
MYRIAD envisions a multiplicity of potentialities, unfolding in time and space, connecting a place of healing and science to our celestial and molecular selves.
The piece references collective behavior and spatial intelligence as a major source of inspiration and research, where algorithmic patterns represent interactions between individuals, leading to the emergence of “intelligent” global behavior from nature, especially biological systems.
Macro spatial perspective and micro connectivity represent a poetic human perception of the interactions between ourselves and others; environments and influences; in a state of suspended animation.
By developing fluid, multilayered visual experiences, interactions between light and form respond to transitory movements, revealing themselves at different proximities and paces. Undulating views shift organic and ordered states of form to emphasize a kinetic experience physically engaging the viewer.
The quiet, timelessness of this piece provides a calm, complex vision for contemplating how our entangled interactions impact our collective well-being.