INSTALLATION
Yushiro Okamoto
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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As a part of
MIT’s 150th anniversary celebration, a student competition was held for a
installation to become part of the festivities.
Yushiro Okamoto‘s winning proposal "ICEWALL".
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MIT150 celebrates past innovation and achievement, while acting as a catalyst for the next generation. In this spirit, IceWall plants a new future, even as its own seemingly fades away during the Festival of Art, Science and Technology.
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The installation consists of blocks of ice stacked on each other, creating one continuous surface facing the
Charles River. Each block will have flower seeds frozen inside, visible during the Festival. The wall will be lit at night, creating a new face for MIT from across the river in
Boston. As FAST concludes and Icewall melts away, the seeds are left behind in the ground. As the seeds germinate and bloom, the installation will continue to celebrate the sesquicentennial in the spring.
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The people
Artist: Yushiro Okamoto
Creative Fields: INSTALLATION
Photographs: Courtesy of Yushiro Okamoto
