22 x 15 x 15 feet | acrylic and glitter on hand-cut paper, string | 2016 | Permanent Site-Specific Installation | Facebook HQ | Playa Vista, CA
I was approached by Facebook’s Artist In Residence program to develop two permanent site-specific installations for their newly constructed buildings in Menlo Park and Playa Vista. The timelines were extremely tight — seven weeks to complete both projects. My regular studio practice was upended in a whirlwind of production, having to output so much large-scale hand-cut paper in so little time.
The artwork records its frenetic making by way of interconnected nature-based formations and methodical geometric repetitions. For Playa Vista, I created Facebook Cloud Machine, a multifaceted installation suspended in midair, twisting loosely into a double-helix. The work spins its way upward in a tempest of color, its amorphous shape fracturing into repetitive geometry as it ascends. Its broad, overlapping structure fills the atrium’s centralized volume, creating an on-going kaleidoscope of visual experiences.