with FIREFLY, by Caiguoqiang
HARBOR MEMORY builds up a piece of artificial landscape as a representation of the glorious history of Baltimore inner harbor. As a memorial to the past of wildness and a celebration to the urban present, the installation ignites the inner harbor with hundreds of pots and dreamlike light fabrics. Here, the art piece represents the no-longer-exist waterfront with artificial plants, with a narrow path through the collective territory formed by the planters as the metaphor for the still-running water. The poetic echo to the historical landscape view is educational and monumental to Baltimore and Baltimoreans.
The golden-orange colored starlight is not the only gift to the city. Presenting the idea in a form of hundreds of pots, the project invites Baltimoreans to pick up one lighting pot with them during/after the event. The cycle of individual-collective-individual is emphasized along the the engagement of the on-going exhibition.
Moya Sun is the leading artist and the creative director of the project. Two other members of the team is Xinye Zheng, and Xiaoyu Zhang. The project is commissioned by 2018 LIGHT CITY. Harbor Memory is the only project that won the neighborhood program and city walk program together in the 2018 festival.
