9 Dynamic Art Installations Foster Interest and Engagement

Project: Canopy by Hilton DC Embassy Row

The details: In designing the interiors for the capital city hotel, EoA Group sought to define who we are as a global society at a basic yet visceral level. Collaborating with DAC Art Consulting, the firm created a powerful piece behind the hotel’s reception desk by printing a photograph on raw canvas that depicts the most fundamental representation of humanity: a young child. Characterized by their racial and gender ambiguity, “this child blurs the boundaries of identifiable features in order to delegitimize conventional preconception,” says EoA president Malcolm Berg. After printing, the canvas was cut into various strips, and then layered and sewn together as a way to represent all people, “showcasing the spirit of our universal humanity,” adds Cheryl Heisterberg, partner at DAC Art Consulting.