Temple of Mnemon
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Using carefully engineered motion to manipulate our perceptions of time, place and self, Lilly’s meticulously constructed sculptures move in organic, fluid and mesmeric ways, pressing rational qualities against the sensuous response of each piece.
Temple of Mnemon uses time and material to collapse the polarity of “me” and “not-me,” projecting a changing collage of self and world onto the sky. It is a simple statement about being in the world, and then not, about living and dying.
The artwork enables us to reflect on ourselves and transcendence at the same time. Viewer-participants must be stationed appropriately to experience this piece of art. When you lie back on a bench and look up into the sky, you see downward as well. You see how the earth and grass encase you. Pairs of mirrors slide back and forth to form a void, and then heal it. If other people are present, you see them come into being, and then taken away. You also see how you appear in the world, and then how you disappear, as the robe of your body is parted, and you are surrendered to the sky.
The environment itself collaborates. It enriches and deepens the gathered impression of being here. The clouds, a plane, birds or butterflies, the grass, even the traffic on the adjacent roadway contribute something of meaning.
When you first encounter the artwork, you may not quite understand that it's a work of art as it is the merest suggestion of a building: four columns/beams are the only structure, a shifting eight-mirror canopy the only ceiling, four wooden boards the only furniture. But as you allow yourself to succumb to lying back on the benches, the experience of this piece is revealed above your head.
During your visit to Temple of Mnemon, you need consider no other moment than today, envision no other place than right here, and sympathize with no other human life than the one you are living.
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