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The artwork will be constructed of CNC-cut Corten steel plates and acrylic panels. The acrylic panels will be translucent allowing sunlight to pass through and cast color.
Native Tribes foraged for food along the Neuse River. Among these foraged species were mulberries, persimmons, pawpaws, river birch and oaks. The artwork is shaped from the leaves of these five native plant species.
This aerial themed piece depicts the swallows and mulberrys present at Neuse River.
This nocturnal scene shows a raccoon and heron within the shape of a pawpaw leaf.
This aquatic-themed panel shows a largemouth bass, slider turtle, and leopard frog in the shape of a river birch leaf.
A praying mantis is surrounded by butterflies in this entymology-focused panel shaped like a persimmon leaf.
The cultural history of the site is represented in this oak-leaf shaped panel. Eng-Goetz took inspiration from UNC Final Report - An Archaeological Evaluation of Falls of the Neuse Reservoir.
About the Artist
Gabriel Eng-Goetze is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Durham, NC. After receiving his BFA in Illustration and Sculpture from Syracuse University, he returned to North Carolina where he works with his community to showcase and uplift NC's vibrant and diverse art scene, produce and curate events, and work as a youth mentor.
Eng-Goetze's work explores our human connection to the natural world and the cultural history of identity, including his own as an Asian American born and raised in the South.
