ENSAMBLE STUDIO . TIPPET RISE ART CENTER
Founded by life-long philanthropists and artist Cathy and Peter Halstead, Tippet Rise will celebrate the union of land, art, architecture and music, in a 11,500-acre working ranch outside Fishtail, Montana, midway between Billings and the edge of Yellowstone National Park.
In this vast territory, Ensamble Studio will create a few structures casted from the land that guide and inspire visitors in their exploration of the land. The structures will emerge from the earth on a large scale. Their primitive quality, rawness and geological expression inspire a fascinating exchange with the natural surroundings.
The inaugural works are the Beartooth Porta, composed of two vertical rocklike forms that lean together at the top; the similarly designed Inverted Porta; and Domo, an undulating horizontal form that contains a series of three cavities, each large enough to shelter a person.
