Artist Talk

Janet Echelman presents ways to harness the creative power of the flexible, the soft, and the transparent in cities around the world. Her experiential sculptures at the scale of buildings have become inviting focal points for civic life, combining ancient craft with the newest design and interactive technology. The result is a communal urban experience that is simultaneously virtual and physical.

Echelman’s ingenuity, exuberance, critical eye, and community engagement, remind the design world of America’s long history of creative dynamism, at a time when our ability to project these values carries particular importance.