Location: LITE | Lafayette, LA, 2013
Media: Stainless steel, diffusion material domes, silkscreen, aluminum, custom lighting sequence, and electrical hardware
Dimensions: 10 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft
Off the coast of Puno, Peru are the Uros Islands. The Uros Islands are floating islets that are made of totora reeds grown in Lake Titicaca. Everything, ranging from houses to boats to watch towers, is made of these totora reeds. Uros House embodies the beauty of the sea foam while maintaining the traditional technique and shape of the Uros islands houses.
My sculpture will be mounted to a secured structure on Duffy Square, titled “The Uros House”. It will embody the beauty of the sea foam while maintaining the traditional technique and shape of the Uros islands houses. The structure will seemingly arise from the ground as if it were one with the earth.
Amoros’ installation Uros House was displayed at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, located at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) is a 3-D immersive visualization resource center, hosting clients in the commercial industry, government, and university sectors. LITE’s leading-edge facility features a comprehensive set of advanced visualization systems.
Amoros’ lecture will be one of the events associated with INNOV8 Lafayette. INNOV8 is a project of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, and is an eight-day festival of innovation and creativity.