The second installation in the Re:Generation series. This piece honors the cultural fabric and heritage that represent WOU and the greater Monmouth community. Woven into the metal waves, the patterns come from across Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, the Carribean, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Wasco and Wishram Native Americans.
Re:Generation is a series of installations inspired by the water cycle and the flow of human movement through the ITC building. At the entrance, each person is welcomed as a drop of water beginning its journey to the ocean. The individual is joined in the lobby by the larger currents of the collective, depicted by metal waves woven with cultural patterns that represent the demographics of WOU and the larger Monmouth community. As a person travels into the stairwells, the waves rise up into clouds, showing how we carry the cultural wealth of our past into the future realm of ideas and innovation.