WARM SHADOW

An art playground

2016-9

“Warm Shadow” is a play environment for toddlers, abstract and geometric, in primary colors. It is meant to walk the line between a sculpture and a playground: a soft sculpture for infants.

The playground is loosely modeled after the “Negev Brigade Memorial“, designed by Dani Karavan (1963-1968) in memory of fallen Palmach soldiers at the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Incorporating natural elements and embedded in its specific desert environment, the monument has grown to become an icon.

The similar shape highlights the contrasts between the monument and the playground:

The concrete was replaced by soft foam; the grey, by bold primary colors; the desert wind by air conditioning; the wilderness landscapes by interior walls; and the battle-scene echoes by crawling children, oblivious.