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Golden Triangle Arts
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MERIDIAN
By Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Located at Penn Ave Pocket Park (Pennsylvania Avenue, H and 19th Streets NW)
"My creative practice explores how we can share space together. Featuring a terraced pavilion and a floor mural, MERIDIAN aims to transform this park into a community site for sitting, reading, and socializing outdoors."
-- Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong's site-specific installation, MERIDIAN, draws inspiration from the celestial meridians, or the circular pathways, that run along the Earth from pole to pole. The colored patterns on the wood surfaces correspond to shadows that will be cast on these faces at solar noon on the first day of the year's upcoming seasons: summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice. MERIDIAN aspires to create greater awareness of time and encourage moments of pause, reflection, and interaction between people and place.
Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong is a New York-based artist working at the intersection of art, architecture, and the public realm. Cheryl holds a BA in Art and Italian from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP. |