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| Artist | Janet Echelman |
| Year | 2024 |
| Location | Frisco, Texas |
Butterfly Rest Stop is a soft fiber sculpture by Janet Echelman, installed in Frisco, Texas, United States. The work is suspended over Kaleidoscope Park within Hall Park.
Design
[edit]The sculpture Butterfly Rest Stop is crafted from 88.9 miles of twine with a total of 791,788 knots. Echelman's artwork explores themes of interconnectedness between humans and nature.
The main focus of the sculpture is to highlight the important role that butterflies play in the earth's ecosystem. The forms, colors, and patterns shown within Butterfly Rest Stop reflect the native species of milkweed flowers that sustain the monarch butterflies throughout their migration.
This artwork is a conceptual exploration of perception, questioning how a flower might appear to a species that sees the world entirely differently from humans. Unlike Homosapiens, Monarch butterflies possess compound eyes that allow them to see in multiple directions—up, down, forward, backward, and to the sides—all at once. However, unlike humans, they cannot merge these images into a single, continuous view; instead, they perceive them more as a sequence of still photos rather than a flowing movie. [1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beausoleil • •, Sophia (2024-07-12). "Hanging 'Butterfly Rest Stop' art sculpture weighing 3,400 lbs. is main attraction at Frisco's new Kaleidoscope Park". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ Farmer, Charles. "A 'Butterfly Stop' Art Installation Takes Center Stage at Frisco's New Kaleidoscope Park". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ Pate, Leah (2024-06-28). "Kaleidoscope Park to Unveil Janet Echelman's Butterfly Rest Stop". Kaleidoscope Park. Retrieved 2024-08-09.