Near Distance
SLC Airport - Permanent Installation
Near Distance is an expression of humanity - our shared horizon, and our home between the earth and the sky. The work is an interpretation of the stark and sublime landscapes that make up Utah - calming and sculptural, subtle and dramatic, expansive and contained, textured and smooth. The project gathers the horizon into a dense edge, surrounded by a white field that is textured with salt, small imprints of passersby, and seams of contrasting organic charcoal. The composition is punctuated by a series of small geometric rooms that are framed in patinated copper, into which one can project a momentary pause. The suspended horizontal line draws attention to the earth and the sky by defining the edges of both: a point of arrival, of departure, and a place of being.
![Near Distance close up view](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/02_near_distance_close_up.png?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance black and white lines](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/03_near_distance_black_white_lines.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance alternative close up view](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/04_near_distance_close_up_2.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance side view](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/05_near_distance_side_view.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance natural elements collage](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/06_near_distance_natural_elements_collage.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance in process](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/07_near_distance_in_process.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance renderings collage](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/08_near_distance_renderings_collage.jpg?auto=format&w=540)
![Near Distance close up view #3](https://vyarch.imgix.net/work/near-distance/09_near_distance_close_up_3.jpg?auto=format&w=540)