Thoughtballoons

Located at the entrance corridor to Stapleton’s new Recreation Center, Thoughtballoons creates an interactive dialog with people as they wait for others.

ThoughtBalloons is a theatrical piece set into a black glass surround. Sensors locate where people sit and place a thought balloon above their head.

The texts are created with the help of the local community, including humorous conversations, informative repartee, both arbitrary and targeted statements. The thoughts are kept fresh and lively through workshops and a website.

Staplefield

Staplefield is located in the Central Park Recreation Center at the heart of the Denver, Colorado neighborhood of Stapleton. Hanging in the central atrium of the building, its visible from all around. It acts as a dynamic model that mirrors the state of the building and its occupancy. An array of sensors locate movement in the various parts of the Center and software translates and choreographs that information back into an animated 3 dimensional illuminated field.

Each vertical column is made of triangular armed circuit-boards with LEDs at each end. These multicolor LEDs can produce any hue or intensity the software requires. When there are only a few people at the center the piece sparkles in their direction. When all parts of the center are populated and active the piece becomes fully animated.

At the top of the piece mirrored arms both hold up the columns of LEDs and conceal motion sensors that detect the movements below. Multiple sensors fire together to help generate a coherent animation within the piece as a whole.

photo by Frank Ooms

14THST

14THST is a public sculpture that’s part of the 14th Street Initiative in downtown Denver.

Optical instruments dot the length of the street, embedded in buildings, bicycle racks, lamp posts…

The series of optical instruments from different eras are re-purposed to combine views of the existing street with narratives and projections of the past, present and future.

Nestled in planters by benches…

Sticking out of bicycle racks…

Each artwork is made of a series of modular cartridges that can be adjusted or changed as needs arise.

Working with the community we identify locations and stories that we combine into a ‘treasure hunt’ of 36 artworks.