Essential Works of Art

We want to reveal a project we conceived in the tail of 2020 lock down orders: Together with designer Graham Kelman we created Essential Works of Art. Essential Works of Art is an outdoor immersive installation powered by the community and Essential Workers of every kind. We are so proud to have worked on this project as a team and welcome the opportunity to discuss with partners how we can bring this and similar projects to reality. Along the exterior facade, scrolling stories of heroic acts and precious memories are shared from the brightly lit LED screens, circling in crescendo as they climb higher to the sky. Locals are encouraged to share their stories through touchless QR code prompts. The effect creates an organic, living time capsule of shared community experience. Built of lightweight yet super strong aluminium, the structure is held up by each small hand as the facade wraps in perfect symmetry, allowing for perforation and natural air flow. Step inside the structure for a moment of reflection alone, and one's gaze lifts with the power of each row of connected hands, ultimately to the open sky, for memories of loved ones, a private meditation of the present moment and the future to come. Kelly & Graham were thrilled to work on this together and so humbled by the inspiration: the essential workers everywhere who are the ones who made this and each day possible.