《Nepenthes Paisleyi》
加拿大艾伯塔省埃德蒙顿
这些雕塑的名字叫“Nepenthes”。这个名字来源于希腊的一种神奇药剂，可以让饮用者从痛苦、悲伤或忧愁中得到解脱或导致遗忘。我希望这些雕塑能够在繁忙的日常生活中提供短暂的休息，让我们短暂地远离现实。Paisleyi是Paisley的植物学拉丁语版本，以埃德蒙顿边缘艺术节的创始人命名，也是雕塑所在社区的名称。
Nepenthes也是一种食肉植物的名称。美丽、古怪、不寻常、怪异。这些迷人的热带瓶子植物，或者说“猴杯”，在它们的叶子瓶中收集水。植物水中含有一种酶，可以帮助溶解进入瓶中的昆虫（有时还有小动物），为通常生长在贫瘠地区的植物提供肥料。雕塑的形状受到各种Nepenthes的启发，并且赞美了佩斯利多彩社区的美妙多样性。
白天呈单色调，这组雕塑在晚上通过动态LED程序呈现出完全不同的特点。
有许多随机出现的灯光程序，可以在整个晚上缓慢变化。设计得让驶过的人看不到图案的变化，但如果他们在10分钟后再次驶过，就会看到项目的不同方面。当人们进入雕塑时，集成传感器会探测到动作并触发一系列更加生动的序列。
这些雕塑的模具最初是为俄勒冈州波特兰TRIMET/市政府的Nepenthes戴维斯街项目开发的。区域艺术和文化委员会很友好地同意重新构想原始项目，将其用于埃德蒙顿佩斯利的布鲁克菲尔德住宅社区。
特别感谢所有伟大的项目合作伙伴：
埃德蒙顿布鲁克菲尔德住宅（资助和工地工作）
Heavy Industries（制造）
PMCS（LED工程和编程）
《Nepenthes Paisleyi》
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
The name of the pieces are “Nepenthes.” The name is derived from a Greek magical potion that would cause the drinker to be relieved from or induce forgetfulness of pain, grief, or sorrow. I hope these sculptures might provide a brief respite from a hectic daily life, transporting us briefly somewhere else. Paisleyi is the botanic latin version of Paisley, named after the founder of the Edmonton Fringe Festival- and name of the community wherein the sculptures are located.
Nepenthes is also the name of a family of carnivorous plants. Beautiful, quirky, unusual, weird. The fascinating tropical pitcher plants, or “monkey cups,” collect water in their leaf vases. The plant water has an enzyme in it that helps dissolve insects (and sometimes small animals) that find their way into the cups, providing fertilizer for the plants that normally live in infertile locations. The shapes of the sculptures are inspired by the shape of a variety of Nepenthes and celebrates the wonderful diversity of Paisley’s colourful neighborhood.
Monochromatic by daytime, this family of sculptures take on a completely different character at night with the addition of dynamic LED programming.
There are a number of randomly occurring lighting programs that provide very slow changes throughout the evening. It is designed so that people driving by will not see the changes in patterns, yet if they drive by 10 minutes later they will see a different aspect to the project. When people enter the sculpture, integrated sensors pick up the motion and trigger a series of much more animated sequences.
The molds for these sculptures were originally developed for the Nepenthes Davis Street Project for TRIMET/City of Portland, Oregon. The Regional Arts and Culture Council has kindly provided permission for a re-envisioning of the original project for the Brookfield Residential neighborhood of Paisley in Edmonton. You can see the original project here: Nepenthes
Special thanks to all of our great project partners:
Brookfield Residential, Edmonton (funder and site work)
Heavy Industries (fabrication)
PMCS (LED engineering, and programming)
