"Limnal Lacrimosa" sculptural installation
The public art installation, Limnal Lacrimosa, means of lakes, tears. Limnal Lacrimosa was a listening room. Snow melt was collected and the water was cycled through tubing just below the ceiling to evoke the feeling of rain inside the building. The drips acted like a water clock and were caught in ceramic lachrymatory vessels while the sounds of the droplets hitting the containers echoed throughout the space.
As the vessels filled, water spilled onto the floor, and was pumped into a holding tank above the ceiling. The cycle repeated itself, slowing in the colder months and speeding up in the warmer months. The drips kept the time of the weather.
Limnal Lacrimosa was prompted by Kōbō Abe’s novel about endurance and repetition, Woman in the Dunes, a story about two people who must forever remove sand from a building. It was also driven by the speed of geologic change in Glacier National Park. Like a large water clock, Limnal Lacrimosa was a meditation on watersheds.
Limnal Lacrimosa was a free public art installation in Kalispell, MT. It was open for viewing and listening hours throughout the week.
For nine (Gregorian calendar) months, the exhibition space transformed several times.
