James Hubbell uses his distinct creative voice to challenge ideas about the arts and architecture and its role in shaping culture and the community. No where has this expression been more beautifully articulated than in the Pacific Rim Parks project, Hubbell’s 16-year-odyssey that uses art to bridge cultures and societies emerging around the Pacific Rim. Hubbell invites students from adversarial nations to put down their preconceived notions and pick up their tools to build parks of amazing beauty and meaning. For students, the process inspires them to imagine a world not as it is, but as it could be; inspiring, transformative, and full of connections to the inner self, to others, and to the world.
The setting, Jeju, South Korea, will be one of the most challenging sites yet, and will provide a dramatic political backdrop to our story. Stay tuned as we report the story over the next month from South Korea!