Yeshiva University Museum Exhibitions
In Tension In the Snow
A view of In Tension, filled with fresh snow following the late 2010 blizzard in New York. In Tension will be on view in YUM's sculpture garden through Spring 2011.
Created for the 2010 Sukkah City competition, this sukkah will was displayed in the Great Hall throughout the Sukkot holiday.
The sukkah is conceived as a simple kit-of-parts easily transported by a single person. Using the principles of tensegrity allows for a light weight structure that offers adequate space for rest, feast and contemplation. The net that wraps the structure creates a soft veil, transparent enough to be inclusive, but dense enough to create a sense of being. One enters the sukkah by lifting one corner of the net. At the top, the net dips down to become the carrier of branches and leafs offering shade and a natural touch. The seemingly magic organization of forces in space gives the sukkah a cosmic atmosphere.
In Tension In the Snow
A view of In Tension, filled with fresh snow following the late 2010 blizzard in New York. In Tension will be on view in YUM's sculpture garden through Spring 2011.
Created for the 2010 Sukkah City competition, this sukkah will was displayed in the Great Hall throughout the Sukkot holiday.
The sukkah is conceived as a simple kit-of-parts easily transported by a single person. Using the principles of tensegrity allows for a light weight structure that offers adequate space for rest, feast and contemplation. The net that wraps the structure creates a soft veil, transparent enough to be inclusive, but dense enough to create a sense of being. One enters the sukkah by lifting one corner of the net. At the top, the net dips down to become the carrier of branches and leafs offering shade and a natural touch. The seemingly magic organization of forces in space gives the sukkah a cosmic atmosphere.