Client: Broward County Public Art and Design
Location: Davie , FL, United States
Completion date: 2012
Project Team
Artists
Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar
R&R Studio
Project Manager
John Grant
Public Art Services
Overview
Miami based R&R Studios, comprised of husband and wife team Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt, created the I LOVE YOU installation located at the Young At Art Museum and Broward County Library in Florida. This work of public art transforms an outdoor space into an open air room for children and their families to read, create art, picnic, and enjoy the library’s popular story-telling program. Colorful flower shaped benches are arranged in a semicircle facing the ten foot tall letters that spell the phrase “I LOVE YOU”. The 44 foot diameter circular room is bordered by a ring of plants to further define the space.
Goals
Together, Behar and Marquardt envisioned the seating/story-telling area as a secret garden, where imagination takes flight.