John Christo and Jeanna Claude - The Umbrellas
The Umbrellas, free standing dynamic modules, reflected the availability of the land in each valley, creating an invitational inner space, as houses without walls, or temporary settlements and related to the short term life of the work of art.
In the precious and limited space of Japan, the umbrellas were positioned intimately, close together and sometimes following the geometry of the rice fields. In the luxuriant vegetation enriched by water year round, the umbrellas were blue. In the California vastness of uncultivated grazing land, the configuration of the umbrellas was whimsical and spreading in every direction. The brown hills are covered by blond grass. In that dry landscape, the umbrellas were yellow.
Although the artists concept of the umbrellas is not something that I need to consider for my project, the design and the idea of umbrellas and parasols are a feature I could use within my project of the indoor beach. They could also be considered later on within my project as a way of expanding my own concept in to the town by scattering them in around to entice people in to the beach.
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