Platanus Bibliotechalis David Wiseman

图书馆的悬铃木



这是安装在新建好的西好莱坞图书馆交通空间的一件艺术品，
意喻联系着新图书馆与外面的西好莱坞公园。

树干从墙上穿出，又向天窗上探去。
灵感来自当地古老的悬铃木，这些如幽灵般的树枝在空间中伸展成长，
洒落不一样的光影，欢迎人们的前来。



Platanus bibliotechalis  – (note the capital P and lower case b and all italicized,
as is the case in genus – specie plant identification)
David Wiseman

This artwork, located in the grand interior stairwell of the Library, reflects the relationship
between the new West Hollywood

Library and West Hollywood Park. Clad in cast porcelain sycamore bark, tree trunks
emerge from the stairs, plastered steel and bronze branches continue their ascent
toward the skylight and sprout copper, brass, and steel leaves as well as porcelain seed
pods. The site specific installation engages with the large air space above the stairway,
providing a link between the park that surrounds it and the library itself.
The project is inspired by the ancient indigenous sycamores of the region, whose ghostly
branches emerge through the walls and grow sixty feet into the volume of the space,
welcoming people to the library collection as they reach toward the light above.



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