MetrOrganism

  • The mural is presented as a triptych of cylindrical pillars. Each design creates an image that is continuous to the left and right in either direction.
  • A detail of one of the pillars, displaying trains with an urban backdrop.
Metr0rganism: Aspirations HS, BrownsvilleMetrorganism

Project Description

“MetrOrganism” was designed for three cylindrical pillars in the Aspirations Diploma Plus High School library. Student artists developed imagery through observation of the immediate neighborhood and environment. They maintained notebooks of their personal reflections about the characteristics of their local community and the city as a whole. The students also studied the Da Vincian principle of Curiosita: an insatiable approach to life and unrelenting quest for continued learning. Free association exercises led the students to a vision of the city as living organism. Each image in the triptych is continuous to the left and right in either direction.

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This is really so mind blowing. Definitely my favorite!!!
so cool!

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Project Info

Location: 1495 Herkimer Street Brooklyn, NY 11233
Neighborhood: 
East New York


Program: 
School-based Programs


Theme: 
Urban Environment


Year: 
2011


Partner(s): 
Aspiration Diploma Plus High School


Lead Artist(s):
Chris Soria


Assistant Artist(s):
Frank Parga


Participants: 

 

Six high school students at Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
Medium: 
Acrylic on Pillars


Dimensions: 3 Pillars each at 8 x 11ft

Fun Facts

Suggested Activity
After viewing “MetrOrganism,” compile your thoughts on how it makes you feel. Does it create a feeling of an urban and industrial life form?
Research
Leonardo Da Vinci was not only a brilliant renaissance painter and sculptor; he was a great inventor, military engineer, scientist, mathematician, and botanist.
Fun Fact
Da Vinci suggested three different ways of looking at your own creative work. First, you must look at your work in a mirror. Second, you must walk away from your work to view it from different perspectives. Third, you must study it from a distance.