, Mornington Australia (11.08-02.09)
'liquid sky' is a multi-layered textile sunshade/blind that captures the particularities of sea, air and light. It acts as a camera obscura, both filtering and collecting light in its surfaces. As with the reflected light created by the gentle movement of the sea, which shifts from the dazzle of glittering reflections to the subtlety of calm fog, the light captured by the sunshade/blind similarly dynamically shifts with changing wind and daylight.
'liquid sky' resulted from a commission by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery to exhibit a design proposal based on the area of the Mornington Penninsula extending from Frankston south to Rosebud, which is a popular summer residential and recreational destination for Victorians. Its abundant sunshine, fresh sea air, and clean water has offered the perfect stage for generations of Melbourne architects to explore new ideas.
Pressures wrought by development threaten not only the attainability of the waterfront experience, but the very nature of that experience itself, potentially diminishing those particular attributes of serenity and convenience, proximity and seclusion that the waterfront offers. Thus, rather than building another summer single-family residence, little wonder proposed to make the experience portable.
To bring even this one aspect of the bay side environment into the home, whether of city center, suburb, or holiday homeowners, would be to enliven domestic life, injecting something of the exceptional experience into the everyday routine.
'liquid sky' installs as a typical window blind, and could be applied as an outdoor shade for the balcony, loggia, terrace, garden pavilion and so on. little wonder is currently searching for a suitable manufacturer.