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Help fund our participatory sculpture by artist Randi Renate, "blue is the atmospheric refraction I see you through" at the Adirondack History Museum this summer.
OUR GOAL:
We have received a 2021 New York State Council on the Arts Adirondack DEC Community Art’s grant which will cover basic material costs. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to fund the remainder of the artwork. Your contributions now are vital to the realization of this project and these funds will go toward production costs, architectural design, engineering, fabrication assistants, public programming, outreach, and permitting.
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
“blue is the atmospheric refraction I see you through” is a sculptural encounter in which two viewers have similar, yet distinct, experiences of climbing twin spiraling staircases that are recessed into a larger dome. The twin staircases require mirrored movement; shared movements trigger mirror neurons, which enhance human empathy. With this acknowledgement the work grants a sense of belonging and, even for a brief moment, a sense of unity through a creation of common ground and shared experience. Inspiration for the artwork was specifically drawn from the artist’s first-hand experience traversing the Adirondack mountains in the spring and summer of 2020, coinciding with artistic research on allocentric spatial perspective and atmospheric refraction. The blue color finish of the work is drawn from our expansive atmosphere: seeing from a distance when at the top of a summit; from such heights, the texture translates to color washes. This participatory installation offers a space of encounter—a terrain to see and be seen by others, to recognize and be recognized.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Randi Renate was born ‘en caul,’ in San Antonio, TX. Her diverse, large-scale architectonic structures agitate an investigation on the somatic and cognitive ways of understanding our embodied being-in-the-world.
Randi Renate received a B.F.A. in Studio Art and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014, moving to Berlin in the spring 2015, where she maintained a studio and artist-run project space, TRACE. Randi Renate is a 2020 M.F.A. graduate from the Sculpture Department at the Yale School of Art.
http://randirenate.com/
DONATION PERKS:
We have three options for those who choose to give within a certain amount:
$25: A virtual tour of the museum and sculpture.
$100: A small pit-fired vessel made by Randi Renate this summer in the Adirondacks while she is in residence at Craigardan. These cups are then sealed to be food and drink safe!
$2,000: A small-scale ceramic model of the artwork itself, approximately 8 x 10 x 10 inches.
LOCATION & TIMELINE:
The work will be hosted by the Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, New York. The sculpture will be open to viewing in their gardens at no cost to the visitors comprising the community of the Adirondacks at large, as well as the many seasonal visitors who flock to the beauty of the mountains.
FUNDING GOAL: $10,000
FUNDING DEADLINE: June 1, 2021
OPENING DATE: June 25, 2021
Many thanks to the DEC Grant committee, NYSCA, and Seth Thompson at A Lot of Moving Parts for these amazing renderings! This project is made possible with the funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC), a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.
This project is also made possible by YOU! Your support is invaluable. Help us spread the word—contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated in the realization of this artwork!
OUR GOAL:
We have received a 2021 New York State Council on the Arts Adirondack DEC Community Art’s grant which will cover basic material costs. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to fund the remainder of the artwork. Your contributions now are vital to the realization of this project and these funds will go toward production costs, architectural design, engineering, fabrication assistants, public programming, outreach, and permitting.
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
“blue is the atmospheric refraction I see you through” is a sculptural encounter in which two viewers have similar, yet distinct, experiences of climbing twin spiraling staircases that are recessed into a larger dome. The twin staircases require mirrored movement; shared movements trigger mirror neurons, which enhance human empathy. With this acknowledgement the work grants a sense of belonging and, even for a brief moment, a sense of unity through a creation of common ground and shared experience. Inspiration for the artwork was specifically drawn from the artist’s first-hand experience traversing the Adirondack mountains in the spring and summer of 2020, coinciding with artistic research on allocentric spatial perspective and atmospheric refraction. The blue color finish of the work is drawn from our expansive atmosphere: seeing from a distance when at the top of a summit; from such heights, the texture translates to color washes. This participatory installation offers a space of encounter—a terrain to see and be seen by others, to recognize and be recognized.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Randi Renate was born ‘en caul,’ in San Antonio, TX. Her diverse, large-scale architectonic structures agitate an investigation on the somatic and cognitive ways of understanding our embodied being-in-the-world.
Randi Renate received a B.F.A. in Studio Art and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014, moving to Berlin in the spring 2015, where she maintained a studio and artist-run project space, TRACE. Randi Renate is a 2020 M.F.A. graduate from the Sculpture Department at the Yale School of Art.
http://randirenate.com/
DONATION PERKS:
We have three options for those who choose to give within a certain amount:
$25: A virtual tour of the museum and sculpture.
$100: A small pit-fired vessel made by Randi Renate this summer in the Adirondacks while she is in residence at Craigardan. These cups are then sealed to be food and drink safe!
$2,000: A small-scale ceramic model of the artwork itself, approximately 8 x 10 x 10 inches.
LOCATION & TIMELINE:
The work will be hosted by the Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, New York. The sculpture will be open to viewing in their gardens at no cost to the visitors comprising the community of the Adirondacks at large, as well as the many seasonal visitors who flock to the beauty of the mountains.
FUNDING GOAL: $10,000
FUNDING DEADLINE: June 1, 2021
OPENING DATE: June 25, 2021
Many thanks to the DEC Grant committee, NYSCA, and Seth Thompson at A Lot of Moving Parts for these amazing renderings! This project is made possible with the funds from the Decentralization Program (DEC), a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.
This project is also made possible by YOU! Your support is invaluable. Help us spread the word—contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated in the realization of this artwork!