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S.U.N.F.A.R.M. is a phenomelogical landscape, cosmogram,

and naked-eye sky-earth observatory located on a 68-acre property in the Hudson Valley (New York, US): a place designed to create awareness of where we are in space and time.
The landscape embodies mathematical theories of the universe by mapping geometric shapes and numerical series to human-made ephemeral interventions on the natural site. Each human-made intervention is related to celestial events, visible from above by aerial and satellite imagery as well as experienced by the observer/participant by walking or static observations. Drawn from cosmology, observational astronomy, philosophy and merging digital worlds with physical places, S.U.N.F.A.R.M. consists of excavated earthworks, large scale environments and above ground constructions: time and the sun’s daily path are represented, literally and metaphorically, by two spirals connected by a ¾ mile long axis. Interventions in the landscape include three-dimensional frames above ground and paths functioning as built azimuths and sundials; both types of construction are aligned to the sun and other celestial objects. Several narratives are involved: ideation concepts are expressed in writings and diagrams, representations and digital models, images generating deep maps of the place; digital models and animations are designed to be integrated with the real physical environment in Augmented Reality (AR) experiences. Astronomical diagrams, charts, time lapse photographs and videos are not only documentation and presentation tools but also enhance the perception of the artworks. where the human body is integrated in the landscape, both as agency of perception as well as human-made transformation of the natural environment. Movement is another implicit component in the perception of the project from the movement of outside celestial bodies—sun, moon and stars in the night sky—to the perceiver, moving around frames and stepping on paths. The natural landscape evolves as a geometric time-based configuration, based on a mathematical theory of the universe, promoting production of knowledge by the interconnectedness between human activities and natural transformations. landscape and spirituality as human body alignment to solar alignments, establishing a connection between body-earth-sky.

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S.U.N.F.A.R.M. is an acronym and portmanteau  (Spacetime Spiral System Survey of Universe Nature in a Future Art Revolution Movement): a meta-disciplinary project and experiential landscape started in 2001 and located in the Hudson Valley about 175 km da New York City. S.U.N.F.A.R.M. can be defined as an “art in nature” and “bio-art” project, where art is a vehicle to interpret celestial events in a place designed to make us “aware of where we are in space and time”; such awareness guides to well-being. S.U.N.F.A.R.M. is a site-specific work in progress about a harmonious, sustainable relationship between humankind and the natural environment. Art-in-nature interventions in the landscape shape an educational site for observational astronomy where ephemeral earthworks based on geometric configurations establish representations of cosmological theory on a mathematical universe; it encompasses several thought processes, theories, disciplines as well as hybrid practices of making and moving. Drawn from cosmology, observational astronomy, and philosophy, S.U.N.F.A.R.M. consists of excavated earthworks, large-scale environments and above-ground constructions: the sun’s daily path is represented, literally and metaphorically, by two spirals connected by a ¾ mile-long axis. The two intersecting spirals make a cosmography inscribed in the landscape, where different architectural interventions are both metaphors and literal expressions of celestial phenomena and place is a “topology of being”.    Several narratives are involved: ideation concepts are expressed in writings and diagrams, representations and digital models, images, and computer-generated animations. Astronomical diagrams, charts, time-lapse photographs, and videos are not only documentation and presentation tools but also enhance the perception of the artworks. 

Visits by appointment only.