Tracing Systems – Human Mandala
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Location
Staunton Country Park (Story Gardens), Hampshire, UK.
Duration
February–March 2026
Materials
Human bodies, natural materials (stone, wood), found landscape elements
Authorship
Dawn Sculthorpe-Hayter (Sculthorpe Studio) & Red Glove Co-Artists
System Design
Full-body forms traced at ground level and developed through collective construction. Individual figures are outlined, filled and extended using natural materials, then composed into a unified spatial configuration. The work is completed through aerial documentation, revealing the aggregate form.
Parameters
Body position, scale, group coordination, material selection and vantage point (ground vs aerial) influence the resulting composition.
Description
Tracing Systems: Human Mandala is a participatory land art work exploring how individual bodies can be translated into collective form. Each participant contributes a full-scale traced figure, which is then developed through material intervention and spatial arrangement. The work evolves over multiple sessions, shifting from isolated outlines to a coherent, co-authored configuration. Its final legibility is contingent on elevation, where aerial perspective reveals the underlying system of alignment, variation and shared construction.
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