About Bawa 100
UPCOMING PROGRAMME:
— It is Essential to be There
PROGRAMME ARCHIVE:
— Decorative Arts Installation
— 16th Annual Memorial Lecture
— Unseen Bawa Exhibition
— The Gift: Launch
— Box 507 by Dayanita Singh
— Geoffrey Bawa Awards Launch— The Greedy Forest
— Open Buildings Day
— Bentota Beach Open Day
— 17th Annual Memorial Lecture
— Oral Histories
— The Gift
— 5th Triennial Awards
Programme PDF
The Gift
Lee Mingwei
Lee Mingwei creates participatory works which explore issues of trust and intimacy often through the lens of time and chance. Mingwei’s installation at Lunuganga draws from a tripartite work titled Trilogy of Sounds done in 2010 for Mount Stuart in the Isle of Bute, Scotland. In bringing the bells to Sri Lanka, several subtle adjustments were made by the artist to adapt to the local context. Here, they are made of three dimensions of locally available pre-cast brass tubes, suggesting a timbre akin to the temple bells of the island. Bawa himself used fourteen different bells throughout Lunuganga - each bell having a distinct register which helped identify his location in the garden. This work, titled Zephyrus’ Breath, reveals the sensitivity to place and encounter which characterizes much of Mingwei’s work, offering an experience that is unique to each visitor.
Zephyrus’ Breath
Lee Mingwei (Taiwanese-American, born 1964)50 Pre-cast brass bells with timber clappers; stainless steel and nylon suspension
Laterite stone base in timber framework
Viewing “The Gift”: Open Sundays Programme