Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sculpture exhibition as part of Festus at South London Gallery Orozco Garden.

Olczak, Susie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9615-5514 and Huang, Steph (2019) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sculpture exhibition as part of Festus at South London Gallery Orozco Garden. [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sculpture shown as part of Festus at South London Gallery. “Where the sky meets the earth, we can afford to relax.” 2019 Public art model for the Orozco Garden at the South London Gallery Model materials- Foliage, modelling clay, model plants & trees, vinyl, acetate and card. Materials proposed- wind powered double-sided LED wall, geothermally heated cast terracotta heated seating, aromatic planting, stainless steel rain water feature created from off cuts from the metal industry, floating glass planters which clean the air, reclaimed planters from the waste product of the ceramics industry, bird feeders. Dimensions and Scale 40 x 30 x 10 cm 1: 10 Steph Huang & Susie Olczak This proposal took inspiration from the circles within the Orozco garden and the wider context of the lack of spaces in the city where people can truly relax. It aims to be as sustainable as possible using materials from the waste products of British industry. It hopes to encourage an appreciation of the beauty of natural resources- water, wind and sunlight. It intends to counteract societal issues such as constantly being on the go and being addicted to screens, passively scrolling and not being aware of what is around us. Our inspiration came from the salt flats in Bolivia where the sky meets the earth and reflects into the water. We have created a relaxing and aromatic garden filled with lavender and rosemary where people can recline in geothermal powered heated ceramic seats that are large enough for more than one person. The public can also sit by the water watching round discs float around with planting that cleans the air. The sculptural feature of the garden is a double-sided LED wall that is powered by wind energy. The LED wall uses algorithms to show the most interesting clouds in the world at any given moment. Then slow changing movement of it means that at any time of day the viewer can gaze into the screen and look at the clouds. The reclining angle of the seating also allows the viewer to become more aware of the real sky above them- to gaze at clouds or the stars once darkness has fallen. The led screen goes off one hour after sunset to minimise light pollution. The title of the piece is a nod to the lack of affordable housing in London and other cities in the world and is a peaceful protest calling for governments to make sure the public do not lose their affordable living and social spaces.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Related URLs:	https://stephhuang.com/
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment
Depositing User:	Susie Olczak
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2026 14:10
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2026 14:10
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16136

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