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I'm Leni Schwendinger and I'm a public artist. I'm also a lighting
designer.
So I'd like to think that
we are creating
experiences and wondrous places with light
through art and design.
The name of the artwork is Tidal Radiance and it's comprised of a large
scale wall installation of glass and metal sculpture and light.
And also there's a kind of light garden
or projection garden
of images that are associated with
the wall sculpture.
The wall sculpture
glass is cast glass
with images that are
reminiscent of sand and water.
And the projections are also reminiscent of sand and water.
All of my projects have an element of time associated to them.
First of all light is an art medium that changes over time.
It gets brighter, it gets dimmer.
And this is a wonderful medium like sound, which changes and has a kind of
rhythm, or a time element associated.
So we like to use color and light
to remind people of certain meaningful
times of year. So for San Diego
on the bay
we have a bay look
with colored life kinds of light blue color.
And that we have the cruise terminal color which is a warm rich amber.
We have the whale watching color during that season
which will be lavenders and green.
Then we have the full moon designated,
the quarter and new moon designated.
This is a project that is completely integrated into the building.
In terms of an entryway to the water, to the bay, I think that is the kind of
a front door and it's kind of a welcome to community members and people going on
the cruises
to get to the pier.
At night there'll be a real attraction through the light and people will want
to come towards it
and into
and onto the pier.
Our canvas is the darkness of night and I need that to do the lighting work
and to see how it looked in the evenings.
There's are over a hundred pieces of sculpture.
The idea is that it all looks like one. I mean that's the important thing that
it's all integrated
it feels unified
and that the ideas hold up over time.
But the lighting
uh... application the effects hold up over time.
And that although you know the project is very unified, it also has several ways
of looking at it
because it has different levels of meaning that have to do with the season,
natural phenomenon,
celebration of the use of of the building and that sort of thing.
The Port of San Diego Public Art office seeks to expand opportunities for the
residents of California and visitors to the region
to experience public art that embodies the essence of the Ports maritime,
environmental and city character.
The Public Art office encourages the creative expression of artists in order
to enhance the visual excitement,
aesthetic appeal and cultural richness of the tidelands.