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Emergence

Seven continents. Seven places. One imagined body moving through the world.

AI visualisation of the same two open, ribbed sculptural forms from the watercolour, standing in a coastal landscape at sunset
Emergence · AI concept visualisation, not a built work
THE IDEA

What if a sculpture could cross the world?

Worldview imagines seven sculptural works, each rooted in a different continent. A form appears to rise from the ground, disappear into it and emerge somewhere else. Together, the seven works suggest one body that no single place can contain.

Emergence is the proposed series within Worldview. Each work would respond to its site while sharing a visual language: visible ribs, open surfaces and forms that feel both grown and made. The connection between them is conceptual; visitors can read each work on its own or imagine the larger body beneath their feet.

PRELIMINARY STUDIES / PROPOSAL

Preliminary studies, sketches and concept visualisations exploring the forms of Emergence. These are directions for discussion, not finished designs for a particular site.

Watercolour concept study of two open, ribbed sculptural forms in a coastal landscape
Emergence · watercolour concept study
Conceptual workshop representation with two open, curved metal frameworks for Emergence
Emergence · workshop representation
Seven numbered blue-pencil studies of open sculptural forms emerging from the ground
Emergence — seven preliminary studies in blue pencil
Origin study for Emergence: an open black organic framework stretched across a pale textured canvas
Emergence · Origin study
Concept visualisation of an organic open relief over a pale textured panel with stones
Emergence · relief and material study
Three concept relief variations presented on a wall, with open organic structures and textured stone surfaces
Emergence · three relief variations
SEVEN CONTINENTS / ONE SERIES

A different movement in every place.

01AfricaSource
02EuropeFlow
03AsiaAscent
04North AmericaReach
05South AmericaPulse
06OceaniaPassage
07AntarcticaBetween

The names describe an artistic direction. The form, material, scale and exact location of each work would be developed with local partners.

AN INVITATION

Could one of these works begin in your city?

I am looking for a municipality, cultural organisation or curator willing to explore a first site and help shape the proposal into a real public work.

A first conversation could identify a suitable place, local collaborators and the practical questions a site would raise. The project is at the concept stage; no location or construction has been agreed.

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