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Volume 20 here we are! In lieu of the holiday I took last week as a break for us but we are back on track with our usual every other Thursday programming of See This : Wear That. So for this edition, I am taking us back to a favorite gallery of mine, Tanya Bonakdar.
Olafur Eliasson is a celebrated artist who I have been fortunate enough to have seen several times now. Much of his works are immersive installations which create unique experience for each individual. With a focus on color and light, Eliasson explores their relationship through a myriad of mediums. I particularly enjoy this quote from him, summing up this reoccurring theme in his works...
“Color does not exist in itself but only when looked at. The unique fact that color only materializes when light bounces off a surface onto our retinas shows us that the analysis of colors is, in fact, about the ability to analyze ourselves.”
In Your Psychoacoustic Light Ensemble there are a few different works at play. Upon entering there is a hanging lit sphere filled with numerous glass triangles. For this specific piece I would go when it is dark out to best enjoy the mosaicked pattern that refracts onto the wall. With its golden hue and bouncing light its almost like the sun has come down and snuck inside the gallery. Afterwards make sure to cross the street and enjoy the view from the outside looking in. As a designer I can't help but imagine this as a modernists dream chandelier.
Now for the main attraction we head further into the gallery in a dark room with benches set up for your viewing pleasure. In keeping with his style, the gear used to create the piece is also visible staged behind the seating. I recommend allotting no less than 5 minutes to enjoy a decent spectrum of the work. While the sound ebbs and flows, the wavelengths create a changing circular design as the light reacts to the sound. Stemming from low frequency vibrations, Eliasson is testing our sensory limits and challenging our boundaries of awareness. So take a seat and let your mind escape as the orbital lights dance to the music.
If you've been following along you know I love to layer. So to keep warm I started with my go-to long sleeve base, our Pisco Top in cotton slub jersey. Over that I've added, in the same fabric, our Prague Dress with its racerback neckline and asymmetrical hem. I really enjoy the detail the two opposing necklines create with one another. For my last layer I wore our Perth Jacket in heavy cotton twill with bold silver-tone hardware details. The oversized men's inspired boxy cut is a nice counter to the fitted shape of the dress. I also intentionally designed that the lengths between the dress and the jacket create a nice proportion of hem lengths together.
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