Groundswell, 1993
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
45 tons recycled broken safety glass

Photography: Rose Marie Cromwell

In this artwork, the intention was to work with a building that had in its design numerous “throwaway spaces”.  These highly visible yet neglected areas became the site for the artwork.  By filling them with broken safety glass, gardens evoking landscape and seascape were created, affording pockets of calm within this busy deconstructivists building.

The artist wanted to incorporate her combined east/west cultural background, combining a traditional Zen garden with her interest in the southeastern Ohio Indian mounds.  Also important in this project was the use of recycled glass which helps to emphasize the use of re-used or throwaway materials. Two types of recycled glass were used, mixing the two colors to get a shade reminiscent of water.