Dodecadandy | Part 1

My name is Daniel Borins and along with my partner Jennifer Marman we created this sculpture "Dodecadandy". The giant sphere represents the head of the dandelion when it's gone to seed. The geodesic structure, the dandelion clock, Dodecadandy, has blown apart. It's blown its seeds up the York Bus Way, going up Allen Road these seeds are moving.

It's interesting to note that this is a combined sculpture and landscape project. So that wherever the seeds are there are ground plantings, there are different kinds of plantings than the grass below. So it's as if the seeds are also causing the landscape to change.

We see these dandelions populating areas like berms or sides of roadways. So that's also a symbol that we're keying into. It's considered sometimes an unwanted form of nature or plant but in this case we think that's an interesting expression or symbol to be touching on. So, this idea of seeds propagating the groundways, this idea of seeds causing plantings or change is a good metaphor to tap into.

So that's why there is cohesiveness with the architectural plan, the landscaping and the structure of the sculpture itself. They're all linked together. There's an expression of up-down, north-south movement, the idea of the cars moving beside the passageway, the idea of the plantings moving in succession. Even the planting of the trees suggesting the subway that moves below. 

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