Larry Hnetka Goes HMmmm

I like art that engages you rather than just hangs on a wall.

Experiential Typography|One Day Poem Pavilion|Jiyeon Song lets you experience poetry as art.

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It takes a day for the entire poem to unfold as the sun moves during the day.

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Using a complex array of perforations, light passing through the pavilion’s surface produces shifting patterns, which transform into the legible text of a poem.

The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different poems according to the solar calendar: a theme of new-life during the summer solstice. During the summer solstice, the poem will contain the theme of “new life”.

During the winter solstice, the poem will be on “reflection and the passing of time.”

The pavilion is reminiscent of a geodesic dome. When daylight filters through the perforations on the surface, a poem becomes revealed on the ground as a projection.

The resulting effect is inviting and magical. Within the pavilion, the poem can be seen between 8 AM and 4PM. The poem consists of 5 lines with each line lasting about an hour. The slowness of message offers a meditative moment within our hectic lives.

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