In 2001, the Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival, France, selected Cao’s “Desert Sea” for the Festival’s Mosaiculture theme.
The rope walled theatrical installation was inspired by multi-cultural influences from Vietnamese water puppets to African dress.

PLACE: Chaumont-sur-Loire (FRANCE)
CLIENT: International Conservatory of Parks, Gardens and Landscape of Chaumont-sur-Loire
PROGRAM: temporary garden
STATUS: completed in 2001

DIMENSIONS: 2,600 sq.ft.
MATERIALS: 8 tons of 100% recycled glass pebbles, marbbles and blown glass, 6 miles of manila rope




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