EMBRACED LOOP is an HIV and AIDS NATIONAL MONUMENT installed at Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland.
Received Merit Landscape Coda Award 2024 by @codaworx

The monument is designed to express solidarity with everyone, past and present, who has been affected by HIV and AIDS, to remember those who have died, and to celebrate their lives and all who supported them.
The participatory artwork uses as a concept an abstraction form of the HIV symbol, the red ribbon to create a parametric shape where the rope loop closes creating an embrace of solidarity, where people can hang out together, bringing a feeling of community.
The curved shape searches for the expression of lightness out of the heaviness of the metal, bringing a feeling of fluctuation and elasticity that comes out of the heavy and strong metal, conceptually representing hope out of sadness.
Three curves are manipulated to create an entrancing loop that anchors the ground in three points and fluctuates into suspended seats facing each other, creating a space of warmth and connection where people will be looking and talking to each other inside an embracing loop that promotes connection, contemplation, healing, and reflection.

The project was unveiled by Prime Minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in DECEMBER 2023.

Credits:
Commissioned by OPW - Office of Public Works
Designed by Anaisa Franco with Michael R. DiCarlo
Project Management by Anaisa Franco Studio
Engineered by Manja van de Worp
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