Gini Piercy [Canopy]

At Overlook, I was struck by how this Pennsylvania forest landscape differs from my native forest landscape in the northwest. The light is different: diffused and bright. Under the broadleaf deciduous trees, even the shadows are bright, while holes in the canopy let through bright dancing spots and splotches.

This piece examines the phenomenon of the canopy, and considers space through time. Nighttime projections of the canopy’s light on to the structure remind  visitors of what is above them even in the dark. The seedlings exposed on the forest floor will eventually become the future canopy, the roots of the new canopy emerging from the old rock, and the shadow of the canopy strips create a forest of shadows only seen at night all help to reinforce the idea of time.
-GP