Pierscape at Navy Pier Phase II Design Team Organization + ...
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Lisa D. Freiman<br />
Bench Around the Lake<br />
100 Acres, Indianapolis Museum of Art<br />
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Bench Around the Lake is a series of 15 vivid yellow benches th<strong>at</strong> interact with<br />
specific sites within the Park and along the bordering bank of the White River. Hein<br />
envisions the install<strong>at</strong>ion as one long bench th<strong>at</strong> emerges from the ground, twists,<br />
turns and submerges again, forming a circuit around the Park’s 35-acre lake.<br />
Bench Around the Lake challenges the assumption th<strong>at</strong> a bench is made for passive<br />
sitting, encouraging visitors to explore less frequented areas of the Park and<br />
providing opportunities to sit, look, listen, interact and play.<br />
Copenhagen- and Berlin–based artist Jeppe Hein’s previous works include labyrinths<br />
in various media (including mazes made of mirrors or motion-triggered sound)<br />
and sculptures th<strong>at</strong> refuse to be st<strong>at</strong>ic: they emit smoke and fire (Smoking Bench,<br />
2003 and Burning Cube, 2005), or are programmed to vibr<strong>at</strong>e or jump when approached<br />
(Independent Pedestal, 2002, Shaking Cube, 2004, and Walking Cube, 2004).
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