Outer-Inspace

As a concluding project for the Environmental Art course taught by Layne at the Boston Architectural College, 16 participating students under the direction of Layne, created this enveloping environmental artwork within the main college building.  Transforming the angular and austere entry and gallery space into a colorful, fluid, and amorphous shape, students were responsible for collaboratively designing the sculptural form, producing the graphics for the show invitation, raising financial and in-kind donations from 30 local businesses and architectural firms, fabricating, and installing the two-story environmental sculpture.  Installed on Valentine’s Day and supported by an invitation-only opening party, the local press publicized this artwork in their newscasts as the largest Valentine Heart in the City of Boston.

One of the course students, Joel Nordburg, published a full article about the course process and the creation of Outer-Inspace in the college newspaper, the Voice.  Statements included: “the spirit of Environmental Art demands the vitality that a group of artists provide” and “the group that has assembled Outer-Inspace was like a stage cast or a group of musicians preparing for an opening.”