Acrobat
MATERIAL: STAINLESS STEEL
DIMENSIONS: 8.6M X 4M X 4.6M
PROJECT: Q-CENTRAL, BELLA VISTA, NSW
CLIENT: LINDSAY BENNELONG
PROJECT ARCHITECT: DE ANGELIS TAYLOR AND ASSOCIATES
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LINDSAY BENNELONG APPROACHED KORBAN/FLAUBERT TO DESIGN SCULPTURAL PIECES TO ANIMATE THE FOYER OF THEIR NEW MEDICAL BUILDING IN THE NORWEST DEVELOPMENT AT BELLA VISTA IN WESTERN SYDNEY. THE SCALE OF THE FOYER PRESENTED KF WITH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO STRETCH OUT WITH AN EXPLORATION OF LINE AND SPEED. ACROBAT IS A VERY SIMPLIFIED NETWORK WITH LINES JUMPING FROM NODE TO NODE, VARYING SPEED AND DENSITY. THERE IS SOMETHING ANIMAL IN THE DYNAMIC OF THIS PIECE, A SENSE OF CONTAINED ENERGY AS LINES SWOOP OUT DIVERGING AND ZOOM BACK TOGETHER IN GIANT CONVERGING FLIGHT PATHS.
THE FOYER HAS MULTIPLE BALCONIES AND VIEWING POINTS GIVING THIS PROJECT FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF VIEWPOINT ON AN OUTLINE FORM: LINE EFFECTS RATHER THAN VOLUME EFFECTS. INTENSIFICATION OF FAST LINES INTO ZONES OF DENSITY, COMPRESSION EFFECTS, ALL ENHANCED BY THE SUPER SCALE.
KORBAN/FLAUBERT ALSO PRODUCED A VERY LONG FOYER SCREEN AND WALL SCULPTURES FOR THIS PROJECT.