Liquescence

Liquiescence was commissioned in 2001 by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, for the first American Design Triennial. The only exhibition of its kind in the United States, the Triennial presents a critical review of leading developments and emerging figures - shaping current discourses in American architecture, media and design.

The exhibition included leading designers and architects in the field including, Julie Taymor, Bruce Mau, Steven Holl, John Maeda and Stefan Sagmeister, and was curated by renowned designers and historians Donald Albrecht, Ellen Lupton, and Steven Holt. 

Designed and executed in collaboration with "LOOM Studio" architects, Liquiescence used both architectural and digital media elements to suggest a spatial and temporal experience which is in a constant state of "becoming". Neither solid nor liquid, the project evokes rhythm, motion and perpetual transfiguration in the indeterminate zone between light and shadow, time and space, figure and field.

The installation was designed to take advantage of the unique exterior light well of the museums 19th century atrium and courtyard. Strategically situated in the transitional space between two thematic areas of the exhibition entitled "Physical" and the "Fluid", Liquiescence fused both concepts together forming an experiential bridge from one part of the museum to another, and from one field of thought to another.

The only commissioned work for the exhibition, the physical installation consisted of three large computer designed aerospace aluminum frames skinned with translucent poly-lycra fabric. These forms are attached to the outside of the museums ornate facade.