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“Dancing within the Sky” (2024), set up view at Coachella in Indio, California. Picture by Lance Gerber. All pictures © Morag Myerscough, shared with permission
Born and raised in bustling London, Morag Myerscough has at all times been keenly attuned to the rhythms of city life and the patterns of group. By large-scale, vibrant installations world wide, the artist emphasizes pleasure, optimism, and a way of belonging.
Myerscough usually incorporates phrases that convey optimistic values and native delight into vividly hued affirmations. A big archway put in in Paris, a part of the set up “Love Letters,” performs on the French motto “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” —liberty, equality, fraternity—including elementary societal rules like dignity, hope, and justice. On an adjoining construction, phrases like “Sing,” “Play,” and “That is how I like my metropolis” brighten up pedestrians’ routes.
The artist was additionally not too long ago commissioned to create an expansive kinetic construction for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant in April. “Dancing within the Sky” invited attendees to wander via a geometrical forest of columns and spires, topped with contraptions that twirled within the wind. Myerscough’s immersive items observe her philosophy that “we make belonging,” welcoming guests into playful encounters that provoke new methods of seeing their environment and eager about togetherness, cooperation, and group.
Myerscough has not too long ago accomplished a stage and seating set up related to UEFA Euros 2024 in Munich, Germany, and is at the moment engaged on a everlasting bus station construction in Leeds, U.Okay. She may even be releasing a line of knickknack in collaboration with Tatty Devine within the coming months. Discover extra on the artist’s web site, and observe Instagram for updates.
“Love Letters” (2024), Paris
Particulars of “Love Letters”
Nighttime view of “Dancing within the Sky.” Picture by Lance Gerber
Particulars of “Dancing within the Sky.” Photographs by Lance Gerber
“Dancing within the Sky.” Picture by Lance Gerber
“(Go away) House for House” (2024), Amsterdam
Development overview of “Good to Meet You Once more” (2024), introduced by Mini at Shoreditch Electrical Gentle Station, London
Particulars of “Good to Meet You Once more.” Photographs by Gareth Gardner
Element of “Good to Meet You Once more.” Picture by Gareth Gardner
#set up
#Morag Myerscough
#public artwork
#site-specific
#typography
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