Lloyd’s Mirror at Frank Lloyd Wright Martin house’s Greatbatch Pavilion
02_2018
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Lloyd’s Mirror is a commission from the Creative Art Initiative in NY state. The piece was first shown at the Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, Buffalo, New York, US, on the week of February 12, 2018.
An interesting presentation of the initial project, including 3d simulations, is available HERE.
Lloyd’s Mirror is a site-specific piece inspired by the house in its structural and formal aspect; the Prairie School with its orthogonal aspect: the importance of horizontality against verticality. By exaggerating a little bit, this would later lead to some sort of minimalism. But this idea is nowadays confronted with more curved and complex forms defying gravity. Progress in materials, computational design, and a century of cultural changes enhanced Frank Lloyd Wright’s style with newer designs. For her Greatbatch Pavilion, the architect Toshiko Mori made the right choice to confront the building today using glass while keeping the same philosophy. I do the same using intangible light.
Lloyd’s Mirror uses speakers and lights facing each other across the space of the Greatbatch Pavilion. Like many of Pasquet’s works, the installation will evolve and visitors are encouraged to come back to see how it changes.
