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Wild Children of the Sea

Wild Children of the Sea is a set of three sculptures that feature childlike drawings, welcoming visitors to sit and enjoy the space at the Inventa Towers courtyard. The design features collage of creatures that display a beautiful contrast of shadows around and below as the sun moves across the sky. Monsters like these are never totally foreign. They derive their power by distorting familiar features or combining features found separately but not together in nature. By combining strangeness and familiarity, they dive deep into our imagination. Children know this and experiment with monsters in their drawings – daring themselves to recombine the stuff of the world in new ways. This assemblage of childlike drawings of monsters is a reminder that the nature that surrounds us is not yet completely known.

See Wild Children of the Sea featured in the Inventa Towers Real estate video tour by Zen Lens.

Date:

2021

Location:

Inventa Towers Plaza, Silver Springs, MD

Dimensions:

Each sculpture is approximately 75”long x 54” wide x 94” high

Medium:

Stainless steel

 

Artist:

Joseph O'Connell + Creative Machines

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4141 E. Irvington Rd.

Tucson, Arizona 85714

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Our Creative Machines shop is located on the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation. We are nestled in the heart of Tucson, Arizona, a vibrant, culture-rich city, both presently and historically. This land was home to some of the earliest people in North America, the Hohokam, and we honor and respectfully acknowledge the indigenous nations that have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the Tohono O’odham and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

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