SHATTERED CEILING

International Women’s Day: Public Installation

A shattered glass ceiling surrounding the Fearless Girl statue in front of the New York Stock Exchange for International Women’s Day, 2021. The naturally reflective piece was dynamic and performative, changing as the sun moves across the sky and as pedestrians move around the street. Taking in the reflections of the surrounding context, the New York Stock Exchange is broken into fractured reflections below Fearless Girl’s feet. 

The work explores the process of glass breaking and expresses that motion in time. We wanted the work to read as if it were still falling — like a snapshot of movement. The challenge became how to realize the concept –  how to support floating pieces of glass on a public street in NYC. Using the beauty and power of a simple pile of glass, the piece also represents how society’s glass ceilings are still in the process of shattering.