Opening in May 2009 ‘Storm King Wavefield’ will be the new installation by Maya Lin at the Storm King Art Center Mountainville, New York.
The project encompasses an eleven acre site, with the earthwork covering four acres at the southwest border of the storm king art center in Mountainville, New York. Formerly a gravel pit the site is an environmental reclamation project. The work maximized the soil from the existing site and was created with a naturally made drainage system beneath the soil. Grass was planted that are native and require minimal watering needs stressing the sustainable nature of the work. The carbon footprint of the construction of the piece was calculated and will be fully offset by the planting of 260 indigenous trees.
The Wavefield is comprised of seven rows of rolling waves of earth and grass. The waves range in height from ten to fifteen feet, with a trough- to-trough distance of approximately forty feet. The work at storm king is the largest site specific installation that Lin has created and it marks a culmination in her series dedicated to the exploration of water wave formations.
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About Storm King:
Storm King Art Center is a museum that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Five hundred acres of landscaped lawns, fields and woodlands provide the site for postwar sculptures by internationally renowned artists. At Storm King, the exhibition space is defined by sky and land. Unencumbered by walls, the subtly created flow of space is punctuated by modern sculpture. The grounds are surrounded by the undulating profiles of the Hudson Highlands, a dramatic panorama integral to the viewing experience. The sculptures are affected by changes in light and weather, so no two visits are the same.
