Utah architect and artist Doug Staker has created 'Sanctuary,' a walk-through art project, a series of arches made of cardboard and bathed in multicolored light. Inspired by LGBTQ+ stories, the project got some attention at the Utah Pride Festival, and is hitting the road this summer.
The Sanctuary , by Doug Staker at the Utah Pride Festival, on Saturday, June 1, 2024.— is designed to celebrate belonging. Staker said he was motivated to create the project by personal stories from family and friends.
The design, Staker said, is sophisticated — a blend of traditional and progressive art forms, driven by current technology. For example, he used the form of an arch, which nods back to Roman churches, but with cardboard panels in place of stones.“The architect was trying to create this sort of ideal of a perfect form or something,” Staker said, adding that he took that idea as guidance while making a space where deeper artistic questions could be answered.
“In a sense, it’s trash art, where we’re trying to build something beautiful out of cast-away materials,” he said. “I just felt like we needed to create a safe space, for people and my own kids, and this was a great direct symbol or metaphor of what we’re trying to do,” Staker said, adding that his children have helped a lot with building the project’s sculpture and bringing in other volunteers.Staker said his favorite parts of the project are the way people rally around it, and how it’s become a “meaningful community experience.
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