Water Scores, 2006
Exterior Plaza Installation, Wave Ramps and Benches
Thomson Plaza for the Arts

The plaza is the ‘front door’ entrance for the Symphony and Opera complex from Biscayne Boulevard. I wanted to create an inviting space for people to glimpse as they drive past, and to think about coming back and entering this place. To me this is an exterior outer lobby to the Performing Arts Center, a space for public cultural gatherings and performances, a place where people can meet. At night, the water walls are dramatically lit by their own bank of ‘foot lights’ to create a theatrical set for people in the plaza.  Here people can see and be seen as they watch the arrival of the audience.
-Anna Valentina Murch

Water Scores visually describes Murch’s intense passion for preserving the environment, thoughtful consideration of how her art shapes and enhances existing spaces and sheer beauty of design. In her work, one can not separate any of these elements. There is no detail left undiscovered in this public art installation, from the formation of the wave patterns in the travertine to the placement of the benches, each piece has its own relationship and history to Miami and Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

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