Anchorball · Commission · Pangyo, Korea · 2024

Garden of
Dreams.

A two-month flower-themed installation commissioned by Hyundai Department Store at the Pangyo branch — massive paper-flower bouquets blooming across the Sky Garden and overhead through the atrium.

The Commission

A Bouquet for
the Department
Store.

The energy of Spring fills the depths of the department store. Ken Kelleher uses the whole world as an art gallery, and this Spring he is using the Hyundai Department Store, Pangyo Branch, to bring a huge bouquet of flowers to life.

Mar–May
2024 run
10F
Sky Garden
Atrium
Escalator runs
Paper
Engineered florals

01 — The Commission

Realistic Space.
Unrealistic
Dream.

Commissioned directly by Hyundai Department Store, Kelleher responded with a work that makes a very realistic department-store space feel unrealistic and dreamy. Although the installation reads as a single piece, it is actually composed of several flowers built from a special paper material. Beyond engineering, the install crew included a florist who arranged the blooms in a vase-like structure. Pangyo’s open atrium is exactly the kind of space where large-scale work has the most effect.

Garden of Dreams — atrium installation
Garden of Dreams — overhead bouquet
Garden of Dreams — render
Garden of Dreams — install detail

02 — Garden of Dreams

Spring,
at Scale.

When the pleasant spring breeze blows, you imagine enjoying the warm sunlight in a garden full of flowers. Garden of Dreams brings that feeling indoors at scale — full of the beauty of life and the energy of Spring.

Garden of Dreams — render preview

Pre-visualisation

Render

Concept render developed before fabrication and install.

Garden of Dreams — Sky Garden

10th Floor

Sky Garden

Flower sculptures and artwork sparkling in the warm Spring sunlight.

Garden of Dreams — fabrication

Materials

Engineered Paper

Each bloom built from a custom paper material, arranged like a real bouquet.

03 — Heads Turn

Bloom
at Eye Level.

Heads are turned and fully blooming flowers welcome you in. Up on the 10th-floor Sky Garden, Kelleher’s flowers are in full bloom — and the warm sunlight makes a unique Spring outing of the visit.

Garden of Dreams — render close-up

Concept

From Render
to Real.

The work was developed in 3D first, allowing Hyundai to walk through the experience before a single flower was fabricated. Render and install track each other almost frame for frame.

Garden of Dreams — installed

Installed

Light + Petal.

Flowers reading at architectural scale — built up in layers so the silhouette holds whether you’re standing under it, riding past on the escalator, or seeing it from across the atrium.

04 — Across the Floors

Up the
Escalator.

Spring flowers are usually small and grow in the ground. Kelleher’s work transforms that stereotype in surprising ways — as you go up and down the escalator, you can see huge bouquets in full bloom in the air, and you feel the change of seasons in full effect.

Garden of Dreams — atrium overhead
Garden of Dreams — install crew
Garden of Dreams — overhead view
Garden of Dreams — escalator view

“Artist Ken Kelleher invites us to the Garden of his Dreams — full of the beauty of life and the energy of Spring.”

Garden of Dreams — install
Garden of Dreams — atrium
Garden of Dreams — escalator
Garden of Dreams — bouquet
Garden of Dreams — Sky Garden
Garden of Dreams — installed

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Anchorball builds large-scale, site-specific installations for retail environments, hotels, plazas, and cultural institutions — from concept and render through fabrication, install, and on-site programming. Lead time 3–12 months depending on scope.

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