The sculpture Breath, by Creative Renewal Arts Fellow Greg Hull, consists of eleven kinetic elements suspended within the atrium of the parking structure of the new Indianapolis Airport. The presentation discusses aspects of integrating sculptural form within public/architectural spaces as well as the work’s relationship with the audience and the use of movement as a component of a visual vocabulary.

The creative process is described through the conception and execution of the art work. Integrating an artist into the design process prior to the beginning of construction allowed greater dialogue and understanding of the complexity of the planned structure. It also provided a more complete understanding of the eventual paths of pedestrian and vehicular travel and revealed eventual visual lines of sight as well as opportunities to respond to the aesthetic and formal qualities of the structure. This led to the development of unique methods of visualizing and exploring the space during the conceptual design phase and supported forecasting of the experience of both current and future audiences through the use of scale, color and the poetics of movement. The final work embodied layers of complexity that were developed and executed through collaboration with professionals in a variety of fields. The work was completed and installed in November 2008.

Quoted from: research.iupui.edu/events/researchday2009/documents/hull.pdf