Apples Over Kishwaukee River is a temporary site specific installation on campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. It was created in January 2013.
It is easy to dismiss our everyday surroundings as mundane. But the mundane is not inherently there — it's in our perception. Wonder and beauty can be exposed by changing up the context of the familiar.
An observer on the bridge can see 5 yellow and red apples hovering above the surface of the water, suspended from a string stretched over the river. From certain angles the thread appears invisible, provoking a closer examination of the situation.
Apples symbolize a potential, being a source of energy, carrying seeds for future growth. In the gray of winter they are a reminder that by honoring familiar places with our attention we might be rewarded by discovering something we didn't see there before.
It is easy to dismiss our everyday surroundings as mundane. But the mundane is not inherently there — it's in our perception. Wonder and beauty can be exposed by changing up the context of the familiar.
An observer on the bridge can see 5 yellow and red apples hovering above the surface of the water, suspended from a string stretched over the river. From certain angles the thread appears invisible, provoking a closer examination of the situation.
Apples symbolize a potential, being a source of energy, carrying seeds for future growth. In the gray of winter they are a reminder that by honoring familiar places with our attention we might be rewarded by discovering something we didn't see there before.
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Very cool Maria! It'll be nice to see this as I walk across the river.
ReplyDelete~Lauren Schmidt
Thanks Lauren! :)
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