Our video

In our visual representation of Isamu Noguchi’s “Skyviewing Sculpture,” we wanted to make clear the artists intention to reconnect man and nature. We chose to do so through superimposing clips of nature over the circular cutouts made in the sculpture, making the connection of the two clear.

Skyviewing Sculpture’s Background

The Skyviewing sculpture was installed December of 1969, as a lens to the sky’s the black box represents much more than it seems at first glance. Noguchi shows his cultural union of the East and West by using Japanese influences, in which the circular disk represents the sun and is a symbol of creation.

The circles cut out of the cold flat steel can be compared to a telescope, capturing the light that has traveled millions of miles to land perfectly on the viewer’s eye. An experience that in itself is not only a wonder to the eye but, a meditation of the unfathomable vastness of the universe that we live in.

Extra Tidbits

While working on this video, these clips and photos taken by our group members were used as inspiration. We put them together in a small video slidshow to show our sources of insperation.

Bibliography

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Dunbar, Brian. “1960s: From Dream to Reality in 10 Years.” NASA, NASA, www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/history/timeline/60s-decade.html.

“Western Washington University.” Western Gallery, westerngallery.wwu.edu/sculpture/skyviewing