Related Projects

Streets, Walks & Plazas
  • Windows on the Floating World

    • A project using refracted light and other day/night lighting effects for a new mixed-use building

  • LightPlay

    • A project using refracted light and other day/night lighting effects for a new mixed-use building

  • Meeting Place

    • A green community oasis in the Downtown Greenway, Greensboro, NC

  • SunFlowers, An Electric Garden

    • Sculptural solar collectors provide shade and lighting for a bike path

  • Passage

    • A multifaceted project for the new South Mountain Community Library, connecting people through words to the landscape of South Phoenix

  • The Zanjero’s Line

    • A recreational path along 4 miles of the Highline Canal in South Phoenix, AZ

  • The Benefit of Mr. Kite

    • Re-envisioning a walkway in San Diego, CA into a choreographed path of light and color

  • Arbors & Ghost Trees

    • Bus stops and shaded arbors as markers of transformation and memory along a major road in South Phoenix, AZ

  • Mud Life of the Maumee

    • Whimsical drawings of small creatures choreograph movement along paths in a Toledo, OH neighborhood park

  • Asaroton, 1976

    • Bronze garbage embedded in a Boston crosswalk commemorates a produce market.

  • The Big Question

    • Creating an active and thought-provoking gathering space alongside The Science Center of Iowa

  • Wall Cycle to Ocotillo

    • A trail of 20 sculpture sites mitigating between 5 miles of highway and neighborhoods in Phoenix

  • Light Gate

    • Glass laminated with prismatic film captures the sunset for the Centennial Art Project for Manhattan Beach, CA

  • Submerge

    • Video collaboration by Mags Harries & Catherine Siller for Art on the Marquee at the Boston Convention Center

Parks, Trails & Land
  • Windows on the Floating World

    • A project using refracted light and other day/night lighting effects for a new mixed-use building

  • Meeting Place

    • A green community oasis in the Downtown Greenway, Greensboro, NC

  • Xixi Umbrellas

    • Floating umbrella sculptures in the Xixi Wetland Park of Hangzhou, China

  • Terra Fugit

    • A park design that explores the changing Everglades environment to help visitors relate to a rapidly transforming landscape

  • The Zanjero’s Line

    • A recreational path along 4 miles of the Highline Canal in South Phoenix, AZ

  • Mud Life of the Maumee

    • Whimsical drawings of small creatures choreograph movement along paths in a Toledo, OH neighborhood park

  • Ben’s Circular Tower

    • A place for storytelling and imagination on top of Boston’s Mission Hill

  • Kenduskeag Roots

    • Four sites along the river trail using fallen trees and recorded sound

  • River Runes

    • A trail of installations focused on the river at Art Park

  • Three Gardens

    • Domestic scale gardens make intimate spaces on the grounds of the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA

  • Reclamation Art

    • Reclamation Artists Boston

New York
  • Terullian Mantle

    • A multi-part response to the International Day Parade of New York City’s Public School 89

  • The Bronx River Golden Ball

    • An annual event in the Bronx and Westchester Co., NY, where the ball focuses diverse communities on the river

  • River Runes

    • A trail of installations focused on the river at Art Park

  • Playback

    • Reclaiming a derelict tennis court with sound and nylon straps

Topiary – A Twenty Year Project

  • Location: Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, NY (1993)
  • Client: Parks & Recreation Department and 1% for Art Program, New York City
  • Architects: Goldstone & Heinz Landscape
  • Architect: Quinnell Rothschild
  • Size: 8 figures, between 8′ x 4′ x 3′ to 16′ x 24′ x 20′
  • Materials: Aluminum & boxwood
  • Budget: $190,000
  • Photo Credits: Kathy Chapman

Living Sculpture

The aluminum sculptures of Topiary are surrounded by plantings of boxwood, which have grown to fill the sculptures over the course of 20 years.  The gradual change has allowed children as they visit and revisit the zoo to see the sculptures grow-up with them through the years.

Gateways

The artists redesigned the south entrance of the Prospect Park Zoo with two serpentine paths intertwining around the topiary and guiding visitors into the zoo from the nearby subway station.  Two of the sculptures span across these paths, energizing the space and creating dramatic gateways.

Illustration of sculptures installed at the Zoo’s south entrance

Experiencing the Zoo

The scale of the sculptures  lends a presence to the creatures that they represent and reinforces the sense of wonder that people feel at the zoo.

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