NEW
Butterfly Life Cycle Exhibit
In this design, the entry room into the older Jr. Museum will be transformed into the world as seen from the perspective of a butterfly wiht the level of magnification increasing as you wander deeper into the space. Existing walls and doors will be painted with light shades of green. Cut & painted shapes of milkweed leaves and flowers, growing larger and larger in scale, hang upon these walls of larva, butterflies, butterfly eggs, and chrysalis peek out from amid the foliage. Hanging chrysalis chairs invite children to wrap themselves up and "hide" (or give adults a place to sit)!
As one crosses the threshold into the Science room, the scale of leaves has been become magnified almost to the point of simple geometrical shapes, creating a transition from the organic world to the abstract.
Jane Perry, Artist and Designer
"I am creating an imaginative upside down interactive world with sound, sculptural handmade flowers, and butterflies including a call for community participation for the Butterfly exhibit room Suspending from the Museum's entrance ceiling the hanging gardens visually fill the space engaging the viewers with the gentle movement of the butterflies and the swaying flowers. There is motion sensors that trigger the composed melodic sound and slight breeze propels the exhibit into action. There is a creative station for families and school groups to create their own butterflies and a box to deposit them for later display on the ceiling. Participants will enjoy seeing the number of butterflies accumulate through time and contributing to the exhibit by creating a visual quilt of butterflies covering the whole ceiling.
The patches of flowers hanging upside down allow the viewer to look at the world differently by seeing the imaginative sculpture from down below. Each flower is handmade with patterned paper enveloped in plastic (polka dots, stripes, argyle, checkered, and pin stripes) suggestive of the varying butterfly patterns. It creates a colorful and playful world inviting the viewer into the museum.
Raina Beniot, Artist and Designer
Photography by Alena Bakutis
www.alenabakutisphotography.com
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