Dana Lynn Harper
Bloom Bloom
Bloom Bloom is an interactive sculptural installation by Dana Lynn Harper, made with construction flagging tape and chicken wire creating a cave-like atmosphere. The tape, alternating in length and color, was individually looped through the wire using a repetitive weaving motion.
This perceptually encompassing environment is an invitation to lose yourself through unknowing, allowing anxiety to be distracted by an eagerness to discover. Using overpowering color, inviting textures and an overall multi-sensory experience, the work acts as a portal to warm feelings and childhood fantasy, a social catalyst for interaction and connection. Playful patterns, dancing tinsel and unapologetic fluorescent colors are not only a testament to the beauty of life, but to the ever-encompassing joy of living.
Dana Lynn Harper is an artist based out of Columbus, Ohio, with a degree in Art & Technology from Ohio State University in 2009, where she also secured an Undergraduate Research Grant. She furthered her education at Penn State University, completing her MFA in 2013 and earning The Bunton Waller Fellowship.
Photo courtesy of the artist.