August 1, 2015
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A+R+T Installation in Grand Center

Grand Center has a new public art installation! ART at Grand Center is an interactive illuminated metal sculpture located near Strauss Park on the side of the 3526 Washington Building.

Project Narrative

An LED Interactive light installation is fixed on the facade of the building. A+R+T (phase 1) as a sign to symbolize Grand Center as an Arts District. It has been designed to be interactive and the general public can interact via an app that can be downloaded to a phone, to change the colors (Phase 2). A+R+T and the architecture will be united as one piece of Public Art installation. At nighttime the neon letters illuminate the building and emphasize on the ever-changing nature of art and architecture. Play of shadows during the day a crucial feature of the installation of A+R+T; the shadows of the metals will move and fluctuate during the day in a different manner than it does at night when illuminated by LED’s.
As a way to activate the public space  thorough the ‘playful’ facade on site and also around it. The fascinating experience that is created is that the sculpture can look very literal from one viewpoint and extremely abstract from another. The dynamic programmable lights at night and the shifting interlace of the shadows in the afternoon. The almost free flowing structure and embedded lights on building and site will encourage interaction between the public, art and the pedestrians. The transitional nature of art in our contemporary society is the driving conceptual force for this project.

Project Commissioned by:

Nancy & Ken Kranzberg

Vision, installation Design & interactive concept by:

Jasmin Aber
Architect (R.A Germany) + Interactive Designer /Curator

Architect on record

Derek R. Lauer, AIA,
Lauer Architecture Progressive Design

LED Lighting by:

Gavin Perry
GPTS, LLC
Good Practical Technology Solutions

Installed by:

Foreman Fabricators, Inc.
Harold Bradshaw / Nelson Vogt