Tornado Sky: Sunrise

Tornado Sky Sunrise is an Electric Water Garden combining a bench, water falling from a street lamp with a lightning rod, a pond surrounded by a butterfly garden and a House containing life size images of electricity shooting out from Tesla coils toward a centered grounding post.

Every aspect of this installation holds symbolic reference to the flow of energy in life. From the street lamp lighting our way with a lightning rod offering protection and the continual cycling flow of water falling and rising. Here, you can sit back and consider just where it is you are in life, while looking out over a pond surrounded by wildflowers and butterflies, in front of a “glass” house filled with images of fierce electrical energy and a grounding post to diffuse power back into the ground recharging the earth.

Experience Tornado Sky Sunrise through this video captured on opening day at Franconia Sculpture Park’s 14th annual Art and Artists celebration.

Video by Michael Johnson

 
 

Part one of this video is a collage of hydro-electric performance art by the artist with a soundtrack from her band Yanomamos.

Part two is an interview on the first day of her three month residency at Franconia Sculpture Park where Tornado Sky Sunrise was created.

Video and interview by Debbie Donovan