Tag: public art
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Keys to the city
Not far from downtown San Francisco in the SOMA area is an alleyway filled with giant keys and locks sticking out of the ground. Though it may give you the impression that giants walk above us, this is part of an installation called Locks and Keys for Harry Bridges by Bay Area artist Mildred Howard.…
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The Triforium
Easily the strangest thing in downtown LA is the Triforium, a concrete sculpture covered in colorful glass prisms in a public plaza, surrounded by government buildings. The obvious question — what is this thing? — doesn’t have a simple answer. Artist Joseph Young built the Triforium for the plaza. Originally the plan was for it…
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Cyclisk
Easily the strangest thing I saw on this trip was the “Cyclisk,” an obelisk made of around 340 damaged bicycles. It was created by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector as a public art project for Santa Rosa. Ironically the statue is next to a car dealer and a car wash, but Grieve says “The statement…
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Salesforce Tower’s hat lights tested
Today for the first time I noticed the LED grid in the “hat” on Salesforce Tower was being tested. If you’re unaware, the top of the tower isn’t offices, but rather a light-based public art display. Visible throughout much of the city, this will be a big change to the skyline — weather permitting. Now,…
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