![]() ![]() This premium quality fruit coming from the vineyard is a winemaker's dream, as there is a level of excellence already established at each harvest. A good portion of the vines were planted in 1994 and are in the prime of life therefore, producing fruit with robust and concentrated character. There are four red varietals and four whites, all of which give us the ability to create interesting combinations or "blends" that effectively express the terroir and climate of Central Kentucky as well as our winemaking style. Owned by the Sivinski family, and located in the heart of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the Vineyard sits atop a limestone base providing vital minerals and nutrients to the soil which are similar to those found in the Bordeaux region of France, where some of the world's finest wines are made. That happens in matters of love as well.Lovers Leap Vineyards and Winery is a family owned, fully operational, 60 acre farm containing 25+ acres of vineyards. Many will leave without having claimed their power. Rogala: "When he relinquishes control, the more abstract associative and conceptual levels start influencing things. New landscapes suddenly appear, the viewer being unable to do anything. But when the visitor stands still, control over what is happening diminishes. The artist refers to the level of perception. Each viewer will create a new and different work depending on their involvement, understanding, and transformation into a position of power."īy moving about, the visitor, whom Rogala calls 'the lover', can get a grip on things. As the viewer's awareness of the control mechanisms grows, so does the viewer's power. Power and strength depends on where we position ourselves within our environment. Control strategies assume either dominant of submissive roles. This means that the viewer is not really in control, but simply aware of their complicity. Rogala: "When the viewer enters the place, one becomes aware that one's movements or actions are changing the view but won't realize how. ![]() Other images, showing Jamaica, are immune to this controlling aspect. Cameras determine the visitor's position, so that when he moves, the video images change accordingly. An inversed-reversed perspective is utilized, exhibiting opposite views. Images of a city (Chicago) appear on large video screens. ![]() With this concept in mind, Rogala started to work. According to Rogala, the new, or perhaps tarnished, outlook on a relationship does not come slowly and steadily but rather like a shock. Through designing an installation he wanted to make these mental constructs visible. Rogala saw a similarity with the way people gain new insights: 'movement through perspective is a mental construct one that mirrors other jumps and disjunctive associations within the thought process'. "Movement through space is a physical aspect," he thought. LOVERS LEAP HOW TORogala wanted to capture the atmosphere of the place and the turning piece of machinery gave him the idea how to do this. On his The final design of his installation has little to do with this military site, but it served as a starting point for his creative train of thought. The highest tea growing area in Sri lanka, this tea has special characteristics. Once, on his way from Chicago to Jamaica, Rogala ran into a place called ' Lovers Leap', "a legendary location of tragic lovers such places exist all over the world". "Just as this happens in love," says Rogala. ![]() Exactly how each person reacts depends upon the relationship the visitor wants to enter into. When the viewer enters this space, his movements are translated into projected imagery and/or randomly appearing Jamaica sequences. It is called Lovers Leap to commemorate a legendary Indian princess, said to have leapt to her death here after her beloved had been killed in battle. Created in collaboration with Ford Oxaal and Ludger Hovestadt, curved images of Chicago presented in 360-degree composite views react to the visitor in between two opposing projection screens. Miroslaw Rogala sees every individual visit by a member of the audience to his interactive large-scale installation Lovers Leap as a short-lived and unexpected romance. ![]()
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