SUNCHEON WEAVE
STEVEN SIEGEL
Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival, 2016
Suncheon, South Korea
Suncheon Weave was commissioned by the Suncheon Bay International Eco-Environmental Art Festival for Suncheon, South Korea in 2016. It was built on the site over the course of a week by two professional carpenters and 4 or 5 volunteers. The work consists of 10,000 lbs of newspaper overruns that are woven between existing pine trees and heavy poles that were planted in place. After dozens of iterations of paper sculptures made over 25 years, Suncheon Weave is the second that uses a single wall technique. It allows for a visitor to enter into the quiet, walled space within the grove of trees.
