{{Short description|Public artwork by Kendall Buster}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox artwork | image_file = Stratum pier.jpg | image_size = 200px | title = Stratum Pier | alt = | other_language_1 = | other_title_1 = | other_language_2 = | other_title_2 = | artist = Kendall Buster | year = {{Start date|2010}} | type = [[Concrete]], [[steel]], [[fiberglass]] | height_metric = | width_metric = | length_metric = | height_imperial = | width_imperial = | length_imperial = | diameter_metric = | diameter_imperial = | metric_unit = m | imperial_unit = ft | city = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S. | museum = [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] | coordinates = {{coord|39|49|42.38|N|86|11|25.77|W|region:US}} | owner = [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] }}
'''''Stratum Pier''''' is an [[interactive art|interactive]] [[overlook]] by American artist Kendall Buster. The functional [[sculpture]] is located at the [[Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park]], part of the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields]].<ref name="100Acres">{{cite book |title=100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park |publisher= [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] |year= 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Sheets1">{{cite news |title=100 Acres to Roam, No Restrictions |author=Hilarie M. Sheets |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="IMAPressRelease">{{cite web | author=Katie Zarich | date=29 Jan 2010 | title=100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art to Open on June 20, 2010 | work=Press Release| publisher=[[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] | url=http://www.imamuseum.org/sites/default/files/100%20Acres%20press%20release-FINAL-updated%201-28-2010.pdf | accessdate= 19 April 2010}}</ref>
==Description==
Based on a section of a [[topographical map]] of 100 Acres the artwork consists of [[emerald green]] layered platforms that are shaped in a flowing organic manner along the south side of the sculpture parks lake. The artwork consists of [[fiberglass]] grids that sit upon a support system made of [[steel]]. The support system sits at varied heights.<ref name="100Acres"/> Visitors are welcome to walk on, sit, fish at and explore the structure, which is occasionally non-accessible due to flooding.<ref name="100Acres"/><ref name="Sheets1"/><ref name="Rockey">{{cite web | title=Indianapolis Museum of Art - Stratum Pier | work=Projects| publisher=Rockey Structures | url=http://www.rockeystructures.com/project20.html | accessdate= 19 April 2010}}</ref> The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres
==Information==
''Stratum Pier'' was created to appear as if it is an extension of the [[shoreline]], exhibiting artist Kendall Buster's desire to merge "the natural and the built environment." A visit to the structure allows one to view the cycles of [[erosion]] and growth in the 100 Acres environment, cycles that are represented in ''Stratum Pier''s layered build.<ref name="100Acres"/> Fiberglass was chosen due to its light weight allowing it to easily sit in its present location and its durability which allows for heavy use by visitors to the park. Buster started to design the piece after a visit to the park and inspiration from the topographical maps created to document the parks environment.<ref name="IMATV1">{{cite video |date=19 July 2010 |title=IMA TV: Kendall Buster's Stratum Pier |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_NZdVDfd04 |format=Web|medium=Digital |publisher=[[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |accessdate=6 April 2011 }}</ref> Buster expects the work to merge with the landscape as the grass and brush that surrounds the area grows into the work.<ref name="Buster"/>
Buster worked with [[architect]] Jeremy Olsen of Wheeler Kearns and project [[engineer]] Chris Rockey of Rockey Structures to create the piece.<ref name="Rockey"/><ref name="Buster">{{cite web | author=Kendall Buster | title=Stratum Pier, 2010 | work=Projects| publisher=Kendall Buster | url=http://www.kendallbuster.com/projects_text/stratumpiertx.html | accessdate= 19 April 2010}}</ref> The artwork was commissioned by the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] and funded by a grant from [[The Indianapolis Foundation]].<ref name="100Acres"/> In June 2010 Indianapolis based Motus Dance Theatre performed one day, every 45 minutes, on ''Stratum Pier'' in response to the installation and to celebrate the opening of the park.<ref name="Motus">{{cite web | title=Past Performances | work=Performances/Events | publisher=Motus Dance Theatre | url=http://motusdance.com/performancesevents/pastperformances/ | accessdate=19 April 2010 | archive-date=30 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330171744/http://motusdance.com/performancesevents/pastperformances/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==The artist==
Before pursuing fine art, Kendall Buster obtained her degree in [[medical technology]], then moved on to earning her [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] at the [[Corcoran College of Art and Design]]. After receiving her [[Masters of Fine Arts|MFA]] from [[Yale University]] she was involved in the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]'s Independent Study Studio Program. Buster's work is described as "[[biological architecture (sculpture)|biological architecture]]" and resides in the collections of the [[Kreeger Museum]], the [[Kemper Museum]], [[Hirshhorn Museum]], among others. She has been commissioned to create public art for the [[Walter E. Washington Convention Center]], [[Markel Corporation]], the [[BOK Center]], [[Nevada Museum of Art]], and many others. In 2005 Buster was awarded an [[American Academy of Arts and Letters|American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in the Arts]]. Teaching at [[Virginia Commonwealth University]], she lives and works in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref name="100Acres"/><ref name="Buster"/>
==See also==
*[[List of outdoor artworks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art]]
==References==
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101026101327/http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4774 "100 Acres at the Indianapolis Museum of Art"] from [[The Architect's Newspaper]] *[http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/100-acres-stratum-pier-by%C2%A0kendall%C2%A0buster/ "100 Acres: Stratum Pier by Kendall Buster"] from Visualingual *[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704895204575320982657870158 "Art and Nature, Hand in Hand"] from [[The Wall Street Journal]] *[http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20090930/one-hundred-acres-of-art "One Hundred Acres of Art"] from [[Metropolis (architecture magazine)|Metropolis]] *[http://www.imamuseum.org/100acres/artists/kendallbuster ''Stratum Pier''] from the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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