WHAT:
Interactive poetry exhibit and installation featuring the poem “On Visiting the Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens” by Khaty Xiong, Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence
WHO:
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU in collaboration with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Poetry Foundation
Scope of role:
Installation design including concept, signage and other print materials, illustrations.
CREDIT:
Trellises by Edra Soto. Sound concept by Grace Osborne, edited by Gabriel Andruzzi.
All Photos © Creighton Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau
Creating a Space for Grief
Grief Garden brings to life Khaty Xiong’s poem about visiting the gardens and grieving her late mother. The exhibit provides space for visitors to address grief of their own by writing messages to lost loved ones on illustrated cards, then attaching them to trellises, allowing the exhibit to grow and change as more people participate. Hanging chrysalis vines and flowers adorn the space to create an immersive garden that transforms experiences of loss into an interactive art installation for healing.
Freestanding illustrated plant displays: mustard plant (left), castor bean shrub (center back), iresine (right), aloe (center front)
Free-standing illustrated aloe plant displays
Taro leaf illustration for paper cutouts
Castor plant illustration for paper cutouts
