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Location Arabian Library 10187 East McDowell Mountain Ranch Road Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Description Completed: October, 2007 Materials: steel, stainless steel, silkscreen-printed interlayer glass In the context of a library in the desert, artist Norie Sato worked with the architectureteam of Richard and Bauer to illuminate the enduring connection of mind and matter which vitalizes the natural world. Desert Tracery features applied and integral elements of steel and glass, representing living and technological structures in symbiotic habitation. Stylized forms and images suggest the interior skeletal and circulatory structures of the prickly pear cactus, drawing an analogy between the sustaining networks within the plant life of the surrounding desert and the network of knowledge the library embodies. Numerous printed languages and codes, such as Braille, Greek and genetic code embedded within the images on the glass reference the communication systems that deliver knowledge.
Artist’s Statement The prickly pear cactus is in many ways ubiquitous and well known. However, its skeleton is not as well known or seen as frequently but composes the strength and core of the plant. It represents the invisible network, the circulatory system, the connections and “brain” which allow the plant to survive and grow. The image of the mesh or net of information of the prickly pear cactus skeleton is gently meshing with the library building, bringing its net of information into the library in several areas, at different levels, angles, and sizes. These associations invite us to look more closely…perhaps one might learn or see something not so easily perceived. - Norie Sato, August 2007 Project Assistant Kirstin Van Cleef Return to Capital Improvement Projects
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The sinuous skeleton of a prickly pear cactus tempers the linear planes and angles of the architecture, overlaying a metaphorical lattice of information onto the library.