public art

Sensing YOU 6805crop3.w IMG_7271ingress2w Sensing WATER
Shifting Topographies 150311_4778_w NEB.6629.crop.W Nebulous
Sonic Bloom SB.key.w Riverfront Park, Council Bluffs Iowa, 2013. Lawn, robotic lighting fixtures, dynamic pattern projectors, Infra red camera, doplar radar sensors, custom interactive software and hardware Rays
Empyrean emp.pass.splash.crop IMG_5274 Nepenthes Paisleyi
Compound Sight IMG_6570w 2 kids playing in Emerald Laser Lawn. Laser Lawn
Emerald Aura emerald.aura Construction Photo: Looking inside the the center of the teal sculpture Nepenthes
Root Exquisite detail of root textures cast in bronze. Fabricaiton by Blue Mountain Fine Art, Baker City OR. Engineering by Mike Valley of MKA, City of Bellevue, 4Culture coded.louvers1w Coded Louvers
Safety Spires Created in collaboration with Norie Sato. DIGITAL DIVIDE. The wall separating the Big Blue Bus operations and maintenance facility and Colorado Ave is a kinetic artwork inspired by the sparkling blue ocean and the pulsing and ever-changing skin patterns of the indigenous squid Loligo opalescens. Created from glass and a special liquid crystal film, the wall ripples with patterning revealing and obscuring the maintenance facility by switching the glass from opaque to transparent cobalt blue in milliseconds. Digital Divide
Oscillating Field By day, it is possible to "read" the dynamic swooping forms, and at night the lasers transform the field into a mesmerizing play of light. There are 11 different programs that sequence over a 35 minute loop. Photo: Corey Scherrer LUMINOUS CONJUNCTIONS A 2-part interactive project utilizing "security lighting funds". A ring of trees and walkway surrounds the central lawn. As a person walks by an individual tree it changes color from white to green, then slowly fades back to white. Riding a bike around the park can quickly sequentially trigger the trees. As we move through the park, we affect the space around us and leave a temporary mark. Photo: Bill Sanders Conjunctions
Sunrise sunrise.teal.crop 22'w x 18'l x 6'h; florescent acrylic rods; ©2010 Luminous Reeds
Mercurial Sky merc.sky.5lg portholes.train Portals
Space Forms lace.only Special Thanks to: METRO, MB FInnerty, Shannon Owen/ Art In Metal, Dave Glover/ Natural Lite Neon Waterbottle
Rain Drums RAIN DRUM COURTYARD Cedar River Watershed Visitors Center, North Bend WA The space between 3 buildings houses a wild overgrown forest floor with a slow moving stream and a canopy of tall, thin and lacy vine maples. Interspersed between the trees are 17 "rain drums" that play the raindrops as they fall from the sky and drip from the branches. When the sky is dry, there is a set of computer controlled water drippers that create a set of changing rhythms. HID ellipsoidal projectors, weather enclosures, Gobos, sensors. 2011 Language Carpet
Wave Rave Cave WRC.1 10’x 20’x 35’h; aluminum, LEDs, Urethane Resin, specialty paint; ©2003 Antennae Reeds
Fiber Optic Reeds Fiber Optic Reeds emerge from the water. Slowly the colors shift from green to dark blue. Every so often a single reed turns orange-red...then returns to green or blue...and the pattern continues in other single reeds. The colors and forms link the plaza artwork to the pond site. NeonTreeFloor2 Snaking Root
Echo/Raindrops 20’d; black concrete, fiber optic cable; ©2005Part of a 6 acre campus Landscape design (lead design team member) with multiple Art Elements and Art Master-planning. This central plaza contains black concrete and +2000 fiber optic points to create a dynamic kinetic display of echoes and raindrop patterns. The curving light supports complement the curved safety railing, making reference to wave patterns and salmon ribs Blue Duwamish
Resin Rods Resin_Rods2 LRRweb1 Longboat Rookery
Saguaro Soul suaro.detail6w The BANGLES are being applied to aprox 15 special poles adjacent to the stations in the MLK Valley. Each station has its own signature color. This project was done in collaboration with Norie Sato Infrastructure
Skagit Streaming SKAGIT STREAMING is a complex multi-site project providing a window into the Skagit River system (Seattle’s hydroelectric facility ) via fiber optic cable- from 150 miles away. “Live” Streamed video images (from 3 cameras): Riverside views, underwater footage and microscopic images are then sent into various city buildings, the WWW and projected nightly 40' across on the side of a large parking garage. The www aspect of the project provides streaming video, feedback and educational information. This project aspires to connect the downtown urban core with the source of its electricity and quiet cycles of nature. At the same time, it acts as a sort of "canary in a coal mine" by monitoring strategic fish populations for the public. The color blue is a calming color that has been shown to reduce blood pressure as well as calm breathing and heart-rate. It stimulates the parasympathetic system and has anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxing effects. It can be used to assist in relaxation and fights physical and mental tension. A blue environment has been demonstrated to make us more responsive to new ideas and increase creativity. When people relax, they become more open to new ideas and can develop creative solutions to problems. Azul Healing Garden