Delighted by the presence of this inviting installation in July, I planned to follow how the art reflects, absorbs, and responds to changing lights, colors, weather, and other conditions of each season. The belated first post here offers quotes, notes, and resources to explain what’s happening in my photos from mid-October and to anticipate what might happen in future months. Excited to explore those experiences in sequel posts, I’m sharing now.

“Chromatic Portals invites visitors to move through an open landscape of color, texture, and light – Inspiring personal and collective wonder. Three large metal structures shimmer with soft fabric that flows overhead, creating colorful passages of blue, green, and violet hues. The sculptural forms take the shape of immersive doorways, or portals, each one a symbolic threshold into a different emotional and ecological realm: Land, Water, and Sky.” ( quote from deCordova Sculpture Park, Trustees )

“Silvia López Chavez is a Boston-based artist who creates public and site-specific work that centers connection, community, and shared experience.” ( quote from deCordova Sculpture Park, Trustees )

“The patterns printed on the fabric echo forms found in nature and our own bodies — at every scale: in the branching of leaf veins, the spread of mycelium underground, the rippling of water, and the spirals of galaxies— They reveal mirrored systems that connect us.” ( quote from deCordova Sculpture Park, Trustees )

“Through vibrant color and layered gradients, I’m interested in how color can carry feeling, memory, and story. The chromatic shifts and movement across each surface create a sense of wonder, reminding us that we are part of one interconnected flow.“( quote from Silvia López Chavez deCordova Sculpture Park, Trustees )

KEY RESOURCES: Trustees, deCordova, Silvia López Chavez, Chromatic Portals: https://thetrustees.org/content/silvia-lopez-chavez-chromatic-portals/

Silvia López Chavez website: https://www.silvialopezchavez.com