Chicago Botanic Garden's 'Shimmering Summer' exhibit features giant iridescent bubble sculptures
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Claire Murphy
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Summary
The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe is launching its "Shimmering Summer" exhibit, featuring "Evanescent" — a series of large-scale iridescent bubble sculptures designed as an immersive experience. The installation, running from June 6 to September 20, uses monumental bubble forms to explore themes of ephemerality and the fragility of life, set against the garden's 385-acre natural landscape of vibrant summer blooms.
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· 3 pulledEvanescent, the centerpiece installation series of the garden's 'Shimmering Summer' exhibit, will be open to visitors beginning June 6, and running until Sept. 20.
The large-scale bubble sculptures are designed to be an immersive experience for visitors of the 385-acre garden.
Capturing the 'ephemerality and fragility of life' through the form of a bubble.
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