Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置 by Aditi Anuj is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 金獎 in 美術設計 Competition Category.

金美術· 2024

Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置

by Aditi Anuj

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 美術 Category

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The Design

About Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置

「層疊峽谷」係一件以美國大峽谷為靈感嘅藝術裝置。作品以紙張製成，完全用人手摺疊同人手拼接。超過四萬個Sonobe款式嘅模組化摺紙單元組成表面，透過內置嘅摺翼同插袋互相接合。裝置設計適用於8乘4乘8英尺嘅空間，分為三個部分：一幅背景、一嚿大石同一嚿可以用嚟坐嘅較細嘅石。參觀者行過呢個場景，觀察形態、色彩、光影，重現喺峽谷之中穿行嘅感覺。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Cascading Canyon 藝術裝置激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Walking through the Grand Canyon unveils a spectacle of textures, expansive vistas, and the mesmerizing dance of light on the Origami Sonobe walls. It's an immersive artistic installation where one can intimately engage with nature's breathtaking wonders, feeling them come alive at their fingertips. The interplay of light within the canyon's layers amplifies the experience, making it even more enriching.
Dimensions & Packaging: This installation is designed for an 8ft x 4ft x 8ft space. It has three parts in total. First one being the bakdrop, the second one is a lage rock in the middle and the third one is a smaller rock with the provision of one sitting on and becoming a part of the canyon itself.
Tags: origami art, origami installation, origami artwork, grand canyon, paper art, paper art installation, art installation,
Production Technology: The artwork is primarily made of paper, completely hand-folded and hand-attached. There are more than 40,000 origami modules which were folded for this installation. These modules are attached to each other because of its inbuildt quality of flaps and pockets which all connect to each other to make it into any form or structure that one desires. This type of origami is called Modular Origami and the name of this module is "Sonobe".
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this art installation was to transport it from one place to another. But with a little bit of brainstorming, we were able to figure out the logistics for packing and sending it to Delhi from Jaipur.
Research: For thr research of this installation, I took help from varios picures of the Canyon on the internet to get inspired by the forms, colours and light and shadow. I also read about the Canyon, about its history and how it was created.
Inspiration: The Grand Canyon inspires this art installation where in the idea was to recreate the feeling of walking through the canyon by bringing in the elements like the form, the colour as well as the light and shadow.
I've never visited the Grand Canyon myself, but I've always been captivated not only by how stunning it might appear surrounded by those majestic, almost divine rocks, but rather by the potential emotions it could evoke in me.
Project Duration: This Artwork was specially designed for India Design 2024, held in New Delhi, India. The dates for the exhibition were 15th to 18th of Feb. The work on this Installation started in November 2023.
Operation Flow: This art installation can be experienced when walking through it physically.
Patents: None