Mags Harries (SMFA Faculty, Sculpture) and Lajos Héder of Harries/Héder Collaborative opened their public art installation Xixi Umbrellas on November 23, 2012 as part of the 2012 West Lake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition. The project features seven umbrellas floating on the water at two sites in the Xixi Wetland Park in Hangzhou, China. The umbrellas of prismatic film capture sunlight and send rainbows of light dancing onto the surface of the water. Presented at two separate sights, with six umbrellas located at one site and a single umbrella at the other, the Umbrellas become surrogates for people, with a group and an individual.
