Client: Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States
Completion date: 2016
Artwork budget: $450,000
Project Team
Artist
Cliff Garten
Cliff Garten Studio
Public Art Agent
San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco Arts Commission
Industry Resource
Patrell Engineering
Industry Resource
Burro Happold Engineering
Overview
Commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission for the Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, in San Francisco Ethereal Bodies 8 creates a dynamic pivot point, activating the south entrance of the hospital and mediating arrivals and departures from the entry area.
Goals
The ensemble of sculptures gathers sunlight by day and interacts prismatically with the programmable LED lights that illuminate the sculptures by night. The sculptures are further integrated into the site activities through motion sensors that change the sculpture’s colors as cars circle the roundabout.
Process
Ethereal Bodies 8 is part of a series of sculptures the artist began with Sentient Beings, in North Hollywood, CA. in 2008.
Additional Information
The sculptures’ anthropomorphic quality is complimented by their lightness and open structure. The transparency of the forms allows them to separate and recombine depending upon the viewer’s position offering a cinematic quality when viewed from a vehicle circling the entry drive.