Tag "Biennial of the Americas"

Janet Echelman: choreographing the wind

You could be forgiven for thinking these luminous forms have been photoshopped but they are actually giant works of art by Janet Echelman.  The  hovering net sculptures interact with the wind, sunlight and precipitation and at night are iluuminated in vivid colour. They are like huge floating jelly fish.  Janet Echelman was first inspired to make the choreography of the wind visible when watching Indian fishermen pulling in their catches. ‘I