Chrysalis+Drago(n)
Site-specific environmental art installation – FRANK Gallery
- Completion Date: Spring 2013
- Media: Bamboo, knit fabric, metal, wood, PVC pipe, cord, hardware & internal illumination system
- Location: Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC
- Client: Fuller Museum of Art
- Dimensions: 5 ft (H) x 4 ft (W) x 51 ft (L)
- Budget: Value $10,500 value including in-kind donations of materials & labor by artist Jim Liacos
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Suspended within 10 bamboo rings attached to second floor balconies of three stores located along Franklin Street, the fabric dragon looks down upon and was viewed by Chapel Hill residents, UNC students, and County visitors both day and night. Reflecting Carolina’s colors, the illuminated head and body is a wonderful nighttime attractor.
In addition to the 2½-month long installation of Drago along Franklin Street, the artist presented a lecture with accompanying images of his environmental sculpture practice at the FRANK Gallery. With the support of museum staff, Layne also held a dragon-building workshop at the FRANK Gallery with young students from the Kidzu Children’s Museum of Chapel Hill.
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"My sculptural environments are aesthetically pleasing site-specific artworks that connect nature and culture by employing the three legacies for regenerative and sustainable design of (1) environment: natural systems, (2) education: experiential systems, and (3) engagement: cultural systems. By using a variety of art media and fabrication methods to create sculptural open spaces that are intended to support personal rejuvenation and inspiration, my sculptures provide venues for environmental learning and community celebration.”
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Environment, Education, Engagement
Michael Roy Layne, Ph.D., RLA, ASLA
Environmental Sculptor • Landscape Architect • Community Artist
Studio/Workshop
135 South Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
Office
442 S. Main Street
Warrenton, North Carolina 27589
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