Echo

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If we think of space as that which allows movement, then place is pause; each pause in movement makes it possible for a location to be transformed into place.

My project titled echo is an act of social engagement within the public realm. Echo acts as a playful engagement and a point of activation that refers to the historical functions of public plazas. It offers an interactive stage that references the political soap-box and London’s Speakers Corner.

Echo consists of two scaled representation of a traditional monumental plinth, one in cast iron the other in cast aluminum (18”x18”x18”), which are situated at a distance apart. These two plinths offer the public a place to stand, pose and/or speak of their issues or their hopes and dreams. I see this work as a chance for the community to express themselves in a formal out door setting and to speak to their future as a subjective act.

Echo speaks to the notions of an every-person as an hero and offers a balanced engagement with the community to participate with the contemporary social realities of today.