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soft landing

Installed at the Marriott, Halifax Haroborfront, Soft Landing is an enveloping installation which draws inspiration from Mi’kma’ki’s local coastal boreal region and inland woodlands. The motifs draw inspiration from plant life such as the cloud-like structures of Cladonia stellaris (star-tipped reindeer lichen), the feathery plumes of the Ptilium crista-castrensis (ostrich plume moss) and the meandering Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry). Inside the lobby space of the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, the imagery of these micro worlds of epiphytes (plants that grow on the surface of another) and tiny evergreens are enlarged and scrawl across the 35 windows and interweave themselves through the revolving glass door. They stand as beautiful metaphors for symbiotic relationships and also remind us that these small ecosystems hold and support us.

Image credit: Narbir Sharma

This project is in collaboration with Nocturne Festival and the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. It is installed from April 2024 to April 2025 and will be part of Nocturne's 2024 October Festival Program.

image credit: Narbir Sharma