Outdoor Site-Specific Light Sculpture
The Times Square Alliance Public Arts Program, The Armory Show
UROS HOUSE | New York, NY 2011
The Armory Show,
Times Square Alliance, and
Nina Menocal Gallery presented Uros House, a lighting sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós, during the Armory Arts Week in
New York City’s Times Square.
The exhibition of large-scale work by Amorós was made possible with the support of the
Rockefeller Foundation, the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Media: LEDs, diffusion material domes, silkscreen, aluminum, custom lighting sequence, electrical hardware.
Dimensions: 7 ft x 7 ft x 12 ft.
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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.
Desde que era niña, viviendo en la costa del Perú, siempre me fascinó la belleza del océano, en todos sus aspectos, desde las mareas hasta los colores, pasando por las burbujas y la espuma. Cerca de la costa de Puno, en el Perú, están las Islas de los Uros, pequeños islotes flotantes hechos de caña de totora, que crece en el Lago Titicaca. Todo lo que está entre las casas y los botes hasta los miradores está hecho de caña de totora. “Uros House” personificará la belleza de la espuma del mar, al mismo tiempo que mantendrá la técnica y forma tradicional de las casas de las islas de los Uros. La estructura parecerá que surge del suelo como si la tierra y ella fueran una sola cosa.