SR 03-05-2019 3B (2)
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: March 5, 2019
Agenda Item: 3.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Karen Ginsberg, Director, Community & Cultural Services
Subject: Approval of City Services Building Artwork Fabrication Contract
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Award Susan Narduli, a California-based artist, the fabrication contract of the
artwork to be installed at City Services Building;
2. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Susan
Narduli, in an amount not to exceed $525,000.
Summary
The City Services Building (CSB) is an architectural addition to the City of Santa
Monica’s historic City Hall that will house a consolidated permit center and 240 staff
members. The CSB represents a major step in completing the vision adopted in the
Civic Center Specific Plan that will provide better service to our citizens, more efficient
workspaces for our workforce and provide long-term savings in leasing and utility costs.
The design and construction of this major addition to the Civic Center has been
designed to complement the historic City Hall and to meet the Living Building Challenge
(LBC) as administered through the International Living Future Institute. The CSB will be
the largest and first municipal project to meet the Challenge , which is internationally the
most rigorous sustainability certification program. In accordance with the City’s Percent
for Art ordinance, the project will include two public art elements that also meet the LBC
standards. The City Services Building gives form to the long-held community and civic
values of the City of Santa Monica. Susan Narduli designed two art elements, “Light
Paintings,” for the CSB. Staff recommends the Council authorize a contract with Susan
Narduli in an amount not to exceed $525,000 for art fabrication funded by the Percent-
For-Art (PFA) allocation generated by the CSB Capital Project.
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Discussion
In 1986, the City of Santa Monica adopted Resolution Number 7231(CCS) to establish a
Percent for Art (PFA) Program to enrich the lives of all residents of and visitors to the
City of Santa Monica by providing funding for various forms of public art. The PFA
Program requires that eligible Capital Improvement Projects set aside a budget of an
amount equal to at least one percent of the total project budget for public art. The CSB
project is a qualifying Percent for Art project.
In early 2017, staff met with the project manager within the Architectural and
Engineering Division of the City to streamline the process for integrating artwork into the
building and address the importance of our natural setting and environmental
sustainability as values for our community and city government. As part of this project,
staff developed a selection panel that included two local artist professionals, a
representative from the architecture firm Frederick Fisher and Partners (FFP) and one
member of the Public Art Committee. An invitational request for qualifications was
published in February 2018.
Following a competitive panel selection process that considered five possible artists for
the project, in May 2018, Los Angeles artist Susan Narduli was selected by the artist
selection panel to receive the commission based on having the strongest presentation,
submission, and portfolio of previous public artworks. In July 2018, she was awarded a
design contract (contract #3390) in the amount of $75,000 for the delivery of an artwork
proposal. In August 2018, Ms. Narduli presented her preliminary concept to the Public
Art Committee and the Arts Commission (PAC and AC). Subsequently, on January 28,
2019, the PAC and AC approved Ms. Narduli’s “Light Paintings” proposal. The design
contract has concluded and has been closed, which requires a new contract to be
created for the fabrication of the art pieces. In accordance with the best practice for the
public art field, Ms. Narduli and her engineers will be fabricating the artworks, based on
the work completed as part of the design contract, to maintain quality and design
standards.
The Artworks
Ms. Narduli’s proposal, “Light Paintings,” are inspired by and are unique to the City of
Santa Monica, existing in two forms sited in separate areas of the building. Both
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artworks respond to our community’s unique and spectacular natural setting and the
“biophilic environment” that has been honored by inhabitants dating back to the
indigenous Tongva people. Through a shifting palette of light and color, the art brings
the dance of nature into the building to create an experience that reflects site, time and
the spirit of Santa Monica (attachment B and C - the artists’ presentation and narrative).
The stairwell artwork is sited in the most visible exterior site -line, within the 3-story
stairwell that faces the public spaces and pedestrian and vehicular traffic along Olympic
Drive. The stairwell brings natural light into the building throughout the day. The permit
counter partition artwork is a three-part translucent glass mural that separates the public
space and employee space of the CSB first level. It is visible from the permit counter,
the courtyard and the open work area. Conceptually, the mural is inspired by the Santa
Monica sky and vistas.
Since Ms. Narduli’s August 2018 presentation to a joint meeting of the Public Art
Committee (PAC) and Arts Commission (AC), she has met several times with the
project architect, general contractor, and public art supervisor for the project to further
develop her concepts. These artworks will be a significant addition to the City’s Public
Art Collection and an engaging feature of the City’s newest and most environmentally
sustainable building, respecting the history and setting of the Civic Center. All materials
and processes associated with the artworks meet the established criteria of the Living
Building Challenge. The budget allocation outlining the project scope (the stairwell and
the permit counter partition), was approved by the PAC and AC in November 2018. On
January 28, 2019, the PAC and AC approved Ms. Narduli’s “Light Paintings” proposal.
Ms. Narduli will be responsible for all fabrication as part of the contract.
Past Council Actions
Meeting Date Description
08/08/2017 (attachment A) Staff report to City Council for the CSB Budget, including the Percent
for Art allocation.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
Staff seeks authority to negotiate and execute an agreement with Susan Narduli, for the
fabrication of the artworks to be installed at the City Services Building.
Contract/Agreement/Purchase Order Request
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Prepared By: Chris Guerra, Cultural Affairs Supervisor
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Attachment A - Aug 8, 2017 Staff Report (Web Link)
B. Attachment B - CSB Artworks Presentation _01.28.19.pdf
C. Attachment C - Artworks Narrative
D. Attachment D: Oaks - Narduli
E. Attachment E: Staff report to AC/PAC for CSB - Project Background
F. Written Comments
Request Amount Budget Department/CIP Account # Total Contract Amount
$525,000 C0104530.689710 $525,000
CITY SERVICES BUILDING ARTWORK: Initial Concept Studies
EARTH CONCEPT STUDYSOLAR CONCEPT STUDY ENERGY CONCEPT STUDY
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It will take its life from the path of the sun.
JANUARY 9 AM - 3 PM
TRANSMITTED LIGHT STUDIES
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NIGHTTIME EXPERIENCE
Data Controls: Animation time span 12 hours
Dynamic Lighting recalls the suns movement to make the art visible at night 30
Excess energy collected from the building
photovoltaics during the day will be used to drive vivid
color animations seen through the curtain wall.
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CITY SERVICES BUILDING ARTWORKS
LIGHT PAINTINGS (working title)
Artwork Concept Narrative
“Imagine a building designed and constructed to function as elegantly and
efficiently as a flower.” Living Building Challenge 3.0
I have drawn my inspiration for this project from the City Services Building itself. The
City Services Building gives form not only to the Living Building Challenge but to the
long held community and civic values of the City of Santa Monica.
The artwork exists in two forms sited in separate areas of the building. They are formally
separate but conceptually linked. Both artworks respond to the basic tenants of the
Living Building Challenge with a focus on the “Biophilic Environment” related to the
building. All materials and processes associated with the artworks meet the established
criteria of the Living Building Challenge.
LIGHT PAINTINGS was inspired by and is unique to the City of Santa Monica. Through
a shifting palette of light and color it brings the dance of nature into the building to
create an experience that reflects site, time and the spirit of place.
Stairwell:
The artwork is sited within the 3-story stairwell fronting the public spaces and pedestrian
and vehicular traffic along Olympic Drive. Enclosed with glass on two exterior walls, the
stairwell brings natural light into the space throughout the day.
The artwork will take its life from the path of the sun. The interactive 36 foot high LIGHT
PAINTING will be activated by sunlight as it passes through a field of dichroic glass
installed in the north wall of the stairwell.
A dichroic lens causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams by their
wavelengths. Light projected through dichroic glass is the opposite (complimentary)
color frequency of the reflected light. Just like a sundial, dichroic glass can reflect the
movement of the sun. Here, the LIGHT PAINTING tracks the sun ’s path, creating ever-
changing patterns of color tied to time of day and season.
We will use Sun Data Specific to Santa Monica which will be translated into Patterns to
inform the layout for the dichroic field. We have developed a custom software that will
read this data, analyze the text file and translate it into patterns. The final pattern for the
artwork will be created from the library of patterns generated by the software.
There’s a constancy to the way the sun moves over the course of the day, season and
year and that is reflected in the sun data. So the layout of the dichroic field will reflect
that constancy. It will also reinforce the orthogonal design of the building facade and the
horizontal patterns of the curtain wall frit. But the ever-changing geometries and shifts of
color fueled by the shifting sun will speak of the expressiveness of nature.
At night excess energy collected from the building photovoltaics during the day will be
used to drive vivid color animations seen from the promenade through the curtain wall.
- an interactive wall painting that uses the sun to activate an ever -changing artwork.
The Art Screen Wall is a three part translucent glass mural that separates the Public
Space and Private Space of the CSB first level. It is visible from the Permit Counter, the
Courtyard and the open W ork Area. The challenge was to create an artwork that
allowed for natural ventilation from the courtyard windows to pass through but at the
same time offered privacy to the work area beyond.
Conceptually, the mural is inspired by the Santa Monica Sky. We created a digital
rendering that evokes the changing shifts in color from sunrise to sunset. Formally, the
artwork consists of 96 glass fins, each 1’ wide. Set into a 3’-6” low wall, the glass fins
create a 6’ high screen. The diagonal orientation of the glass fins allows for both privacy
and ventilation.
Form and Materials
The building architect has been fully supportive with integration into the building.
Working together with the architect, we have developed digital models, renderings,
samples and onsite mockup studies to accomplish the intent and needs for the City
Services Building.
Stairwell:
The entire artwork is composed of dichroic glass that will activate the stairwell over
three floors in height, and is integrated onto one wall of the stairwell with direct natural
sunlight. The overall dimensions of the artwork are 14’-4” wide by 36’-0” high by 3”
deep.
Dichroic glass has unique properties that reflects light of one color and transmits light of
other colors, which will create beautiful patterned compositions on the wall. During the
day natural sunlight will activate the dichroic glass creating captivating color patterns
that change with the movement of the sun, while at night, artificial lights powered by
residual solar energy from the building will be programmed to create varying
experiential patterns and animations.
The dichroic glass with polished edges will have a 3M safety film applied onto its
surface as the project requires. The colors used for the dichroic art glass are silica
colors, coated on the glass in a pressurized vacuum chamber at 260°C, and are
permanent and 100% UV resistant. The dichroic glass pieces of various sizes will be
mounted perpendicular to, and protruding from, powder coated metal panels. LED light
fixtures will be mounted along top and bottom edges of the artwork, and at intermediary
locations determined by the adjacent staircase structure. Glass dimensions, pattern,
specifications, fabrication and installation plans are being developed in close
collaboration with the architect, engineer, lighting consultant, glass vendor and panel
fabricator.
Art Screen Wall:
The artwork will be part of a screen which creates privacy between office spaces and
the public area at the permit counter. Staff and visitors will be able to see a stunning
glass mural that spans over 100 feet, illustrating a color gradient derived from the
natural colors of the sky from sunset to sunrise. The artwork will become a cohesive
graphic as it is viewed as a whole piece from either side. The graphics will add
luminosity and color to the area, enhancing the work environment with natural light while
providing a pleasing sight for building staff and visitors.
The glass mural screen is composed of 96 glass panels mounted on the three pony
walls at the permit counter. Each glass panel is 1’-0” x 2’-6” visible and have a slight
overlap. The art glass panels are tempered “safety glass” with polished edges as the
project requires. A thin film with a custom printed color gradient will be applied to the
glass to create the artwork graphic with smooth transitions on adjacent panels. The
glass is arranged in a manner to allow airflow between office a nd public space while
maintaining privacy. Glass dimensions, layout, and other specifications are being
developed in close collaboration with the architect, engineer, glass vendor and film
vendor/installer.
Installation and Maintenance
Stairwell:
Metal Panels with Dichroic Glass and Light Fixtures
The dichroic glass will be attached to a metal panel assembly and delivered to site
ready for installation, to be performed by the building contractor in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions. Light fixtures will also be delivered to site to be installed by
contractor. The artwork will require maintenance as noted per manufacturer’s
specifications. Regular cleaning of metal panels required at least once a year. For
maintenance of the glass and panels clean with non-solvent based or mild soap cleaner
and anti-static or lint free cloth as needed. Light fixtures will require minimal
maintenance with over 50,000-hour lamp life.
Fabricators:
Dichroic:
Highend Systems
(512) 836-2242
Panel System & Assembly:
Arktura
(310) 532-1050
Art Screen Wall:
Glass Panels with Color Gradient Film
The glass panels and specified hardware assembly will be delivered to site ready for
installation, to be performed by the building contractor per manufacturer’s specifications.
The color gradient film will be installed by the film vendor’s installer onsite after the
glass panels are in place and field conditions verified. For maintenance of the glass
clean with non-solvent based or mild soap cleaner and anti-static or lint free cloth as
needed.
Fabricators:
Glass:
Swartz Glass Co.
(310) 392-0001
Color Gradient Film:
Metropolitan West
(562) 426-7701
Milestones
1. Artwork Fabrication & Installation:
a)Stairwell:
Artwork Files Completed March 2019
Dichroic Glass Fabrication (10 weeks) April 2019 – May 2019
Edge Polishing (4 weeks) Jul 2019
Safety Film Application (4 weeks) Aug 2019
50 % Fabrication Documentation Sep 2019
Panel Assembly Fabrication (20 weeks) Sep 2019 – Jan 2020
100% Fabrication Documentation Jan 2020
Delivery to site (1 Week) Jan 2020
Install (1 Week) Feb 2020
b)Art Screen Wall:
Artwork Files Completed Oct 2019 – Jan 2020
Glass Panel Fabrication (8 weeks) Nov 2019 – Dec 2019
50 % Fabrication Documentation Dec 2019
Color Gradient Film Fabrication (2 -3 weeks) Jan 2020
100% Fabrication Documentation Jan 2020
Delivery to site (1 Week) Jan 2020
Install (1 Week) Feb 2020
2. Acceptance of artwork:Feb 2020
Budget
Design Development Drawings
Stairwell:
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Date: January 28, 2018
To: Santa Monica Arts Commission and Public Art Committee
From: Shannon Daut, Cultural Affairs Manager & Chris Guerra, Public Art Supervisor
Subject: City Services Building – Percent for Art projects
INTRODUCTION
In May 2018 the artist selection panel unanimously selected Los Angeles artist Susan
Narduli as the artist to receive the City Services Building commission. Ms. Narduli
presented her preliminary concept to the Public Art Committee and the Arts
Commission (PAC and AC) in August 2018. The Budget allocation outlining the project
scope (the stairwell and the permit counter partition), was approving by the PAC and
AC in November 2018.
Since Ms. Narduli’s August 2018 meeting, she has met several times with the project
architect, general contractor, and public art supervisor for the project to further
develop her concepts. The final design concept for the project will be presented to the
PAC and AC for approval on Monday, January 28.
CITY SERVICES BUILDING BACKGROUND
The City Services Building (CSB) is an addition to the City of Santa Monica’s historic City
Hall that will house a consolidated permit center and 240 staff members, to facilitate
public services in one location and realize cost efficiencies due to eliminating off-site
City office leasing expenses. The approximately 50,000 SF structure will include a
basement and three floors above grade, have an entrance through the City Hall
courtyard and an entrance on the south end of the building on Olympic Drive.
As an addition to a historic structure, the CSB design will meet the U.S. Department of
the Interior’s technical guidelines for an addition to a historic structure. The CSB will be
placed at the rear of City Hall and be compatible with the massing, size and scale of
the historic building; the materials of the new building will be compatible but
differentiated.
The City of Santa Monica is internationally recognized for its commitment to
sustainability, particularly for early adoption of leading-edge green-building systems.
The CSB design and construction will endeavor to meet the Living Building Challenge
(LBC) as administered through the International Living Future Institute. Internationally the
most rigorous sustainability certification program, there are currently only 15 fully
certified LBC buildings in the world. The CSB would be the largest and first municipal
project to meet the Challenge. To meet the challenge, the building will operate like a
living organism including harvesting all its energy from the sun, collecting and reusing all
its water from site precipitation and processing all its waste onsite.
In 2014, the City Council selected Hathaway Dinwiddie as the Design-Builder to
conduct a Feasibility Analysis and subsequently to provide Design Services for the
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project. Hathaway Dinwiddie has contracted for architectural services with Frederick
Fisher and Partners Architects (FFP) who are working with a team of consultants
including Buro Happold - Sustainability and MEP Engineers, John A. Martin Structural
Engineers, KPFF Consulting Engineers and the Historic Research Group. The resulting
project will be a beautiful addition to the historic City Hall, and an efficient model of
public service and sustainability. The City Services Building is currently in the construction
phase. Construction is scheduled to span from 2017 through the spring of 2020.
ARTIST SELECTION PROCESS
In early 2017, staff met with the project manager within the Architectural and
Engineering Division of the City. To streamline the process for integrating artwork into the
building and address the importance of the Living Building Challenge.
As part of this project, staff developed a selection panel that included two local artist
professionals, a representative from the FFP and one member of the Public Art
Committee. These panelists worked with staff to develop an invitational list of artists
located in the United Sates who had demonstrated experience in public art. The
selection panel was comprised of the following four voting members:
Grace Ramirez-Gaston, Civic Art Director, Los Angeles County Arts
Commission
Vida Brown, Curator, California African American Museum
Fred Fisher/Joe Coriaty, Project Architects, Frederick Fisher and Partners
Gwynne Pugh, Public Art Committee Member & Principal of Gwynne
Pugh Urban Studio
Non-voting members were added to the selection panel to assist the group with
technical issues, provide the shortlisted artists with a review of drawings prepared for the
project and address questions related to the LBC goals of the building. In February of
2018, the invitational call was issued to 57 artist or teams. Of the 57 invited to submit
qualifications, 33 responded. On April 9, 2018 the selection panel reviewed
qualifications from the 33 candidates. Qualifications from each candidate included a
resume, images of previous projects completed, three professional references and a
letter of interest. The initial review of the candidates was based on the scoring criteria
listed in the RFQ. This was as follows:
High quality, innovation, and creativity of past work
Strength of articulated interest in this opportunity and relevance to Santa
Monica
Demonstrated ability to produce and present work
Clarity of vision in relation to art in public spaces
Understanding of materials and techniques
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and produce work on an
established timeline
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others
Based on a review of all submissions, the panel selected these four finalists for further
consideration.
Elizabeth Turk, Newport Beach, CA
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Susan Narduli, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Shelton, Venice, CA
Lead Pencil Studio, Seattle, WA
In mid-April, each finalist was invited to join the project team for a conference call to
review drawings and discuss opportunities identified for the project. This conference call
include the project architect (FFP) and Joel Cesar from the Architectural and
Engineering Division of the City. All finalists were told that the design budget for this
project would be $75,000 for the design phase. Finalists were paid an honorarium fee of
$1,000 to develop a presentation on their previous completed projects, a statement of
how they would approach developing a concept for the site, a preliminary concept for
any or all opportunities proposed for the project and a rough project budget.
On May 30, 2018, the selection panel met again to hear all the finalist presentations. The
criteria developed for the assessment of the presentations was as follows:
(25%) Has the artist sufficiently demonstrated to the panel their ability to
work collaboratively with the design team by presenting work on other
complex projects?
(25%) Does the proposal respond to the opportunities and limitations of
the Living Building Challenge?
(25%) Does the proposal reflect artwork that will enhance the use of the
building for staff and visitors?
(25%) Does the proposal budget reflect an accurate review of costs
associated with the project proposed?
The selection panel unanimously selected Los Angeles artist Susan Narduli as the artist to
receive the commission. Ms. Narduli has received a $75,000 artist design contract to
create artworks that will be integrated into the stairwell and permit areas of the
building.
FY 18-19 PERCENT FOR ART BUDGET ALLOCATION
The total percent for art budget for the new City Services Building is $596,015. $525,000
has been allocated for the permanent public artwork and $71,015.00 for the purchase
of a curated collection that will become part of the Art Bank. In a change from the
original budget, $25,000 has been moved from the Art Bank line item to the Permanent
Public Art line item. This increase reflects the need to add to the contract amount to
allow the artist to also design a “screen” that will be placed behind the public
permitting counter at the site.
In November 2018, the PAC and AC approved the City Services Building Art Bank
allocation to be used to address the Macdonald-Wright murals in City Hall. The five-part
holistic approach will be used to address the McDonald Wright murals is as follows:
1. A subcommittee will be formed consisting of five members that represent a mix
of PAC and AC members. The subcommittee will inform and guide the planning
process managed by city staff
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2. Coordinate a panel discussion series that will host open public dialogues with
experts from diverse perspectives including Indigenous Peoples, History, and Art
3. Commission a temporary participatory artwork in City Hall to collect community
voices
4. Informed by the community engagement and panels series, commission a
permanent educational panel or other artistic interpretation at City Hall to
recontextualize the Macdonald-Wright murals.
5. Issue an Art Bank call specifically requesting artworks that respond to Indigenous
or other often overlooked histories of Santa Monica.
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Subject:SM Council 3/5/19 - Item 3B
Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:46:36 AM
City Services Artwork
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From:Ann Maggio
To:councilmtgitems
Cc:Clerk Mailbox
Subject:Consent Calendar Item 3B - REJECT the Stairwell Piece - IT IS NOT PUBLIC ART
Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:56:16 AM
Dear City Council,
Please reject the Stairwell piece and send it back through the review process.
The Stairwell Piece, described as a LIGHT PAINTING, is an ORIGINAL, PRIVATE, Site-
specific WORK. (Site-specific art is defined as artwork created to exist in a certain place.)
The intended location is a private stairwell within the City Services Building.
One Art Commissioner emailed me to say "when the piece is completed and the annex opened to the
public, the Commission will explore ways to provide some direct access to the piece from within the
building." THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE and Identifies a FAILED PROCESS.
Public Access is the GOAL for PUBLIC ART. It is NEVER an after thought or an assumption
that it might be "fixed" later on.
The LIGHT PAINTING employs NATURAL SUNLIGHT, the PRIMARY MEDIUM, in a Site-specific
location (the stairwell), providing an EXPERIENTIAL interaction with for those ascending and
descending through this intimate and private space. Natural sunlight is CRITICAL to achieving
the "Light" painting. The dichroic glass in this case, is simply used as the color field through which the
sunlight can pass in order to activate the work. Therefore, the dichroic glass is the passive medium
whereas the natural sunlight is the active ingredient the artist uses to achieve the intent of the work as
described, a "Light Painting".
This is NOT a PUBLIC Work - The use of Artificial Lights to create nighttime views for the public
fails the intent of the original work because it lacks the primary ingredient - Natural Sunlight. The
public will not settle for artificial views from the street.
Any Claim that, "the piece will be viewed 24 hours each day and 365 days each
year" is grossly inept.
Q: "WHO has access to view the original site-specific work?"
A: Not the public.
The artist is investing substantial time on the prep work by collecting and translating data about site-
specific natural light to achieve the desired results of the "Light Painting'".
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"We will use Sun Data Specific to Santa Monica which will be translated into Patterns to inform
the layout for the dichroic field. We have developed a custom software that reads
this data, such as Solar Elevation Angleor Extraterrestrial Global Horizontal Solar
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Irradiance analyses the text file, and translates it into
patterns. This becomes the library from which we create the final design."
Day View - Private Viewing Hours
City Staff will experience three dimensional views of this site specific art piece located in the privatestairwell of the City Services Building. The work is to be experienced as sunlight enters the easternand southern three story glass windows and penetrates dichroic glass design, installed on the north wall of the
stairwell as described...
"pieces of various sizes will be mounted perpendicular to, and protruding from, powder coatedmetal panels. The overall dimensions of the artwork are 14’-4” wide
by 36’-0” high by 3” deep. Light fixtures will be mounted along top and bottom edges, and atintermediary locations determined by the staircase structure"
Night View - Public Viewing Hours after dark - who visits then?
At some point after sunset, the public will have a view, through a curtain wall, of a 14'4" wide art piece that isexternally and artificially illuminated and anticipated to produce
"vivid color animations seen from the promenade through the curtain wall."
The vantage point exists from what is a brief walkway and a short municipal block of Olympic Blvd.
The street is overwhelmingly traversed by cars and pedestrians for municipal business during
business hours. An optimal seasonal view, during the winter months, will coincide with closing timefor workers at City Hall and the new City Services Building. While waiting for a light change in orderto access the Civic Center parking structure on the other side of Olympic, no need to stand idle whenafforded a second opportunity to compare and contrast the internal and external intrinsic value of thiswork.
Thank you,
Ann Maggio Thanawalla
Formerly with the magazines ARTNews, Art + Auction, Modern Painters, Culture & Travel, GalleryGuide
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REFERENCE:
Agreement No. 10812
(CCS)