Lanterns in the sky

摘要

Janet Echelman likes a good breeze. Her massive fabric sculptures pepper the world - from Phoenix to Portugal, Bombay to Hong Kong - often designed specifically for engaging the wind elements that surround them. Her latest project, outdoor public art for the 2010 Winter Olympics, takes to the sky. The Richmond Olympic Oval, created for the Vancouver Olympics, is home to the large $1.2 million public art installation - the city of Richmond's most lavish public art expenditure to date. Called "Sky Lanterns," the two pieces hang above a water garden lined with a striking red walkway. The entire installation is called "Water Sky Garden" and is a feature of the Olympic Oval. The massive red netlike sculptures on the eastern and northern ends of the building sway in the breeze, glow red and translucent in the night sky and draw viewers in to their several layers of complex weaving.