Client: Kansas City Convention Center
Location: Kansas City, MO, United States
Completion date: 2009
Artwork budget: $750,000
Project Team
Artist
suikang zhao
zars studio ltd
Architect
James Pastine
Crawford Architects
Public Art Agent
Porter Arneill
Kansas City Municipal Art Commission
Overview
Winds of Aphrodite 2009
Materials: Aluminum screen over a galvanized steel superstructure and LED light.
Size: 50’ x300’ x 100’
A permanent artwork for Kansas City Convention Center—Bartle Hall North Dock.
Goals
Reflecting to the present urban surrounding area, the artwork is designed to morph a 70’s masculine architectural aesthetics to a delicate veil of fabric. The artwork not only utilizes the moving sunlight to change the its appearance throughout the day, but also turns the activity inside of loading dock, which was an issue to cover, into part of mosaic of moving image.
Process
Working with staff from city and Kansas Convention Center, I collaborated on this project with Crawford Architects. I had a desk at Crawford Architects during the designing stage. The architect and I worked side-by-side, I designed the shape and skin while they provided the frame structure.