Project Type: Public Art

Fiadh is Scottish Gaelic for deer, but it also references wildness. This is an experimental and evolving sculpture first presented in Sylva Caledonia exhibition at Summerhall (2015) subsequently at Caol Ruadh Sculpture Park. It is a deer exclosure model; a fence that protects the forest from the ravages of large deer herds promoted by hunting…

Spirit in the Air integrate art, technology and science to explore ground level CO2 during the Edinburgh Festival. Where science uses technology to establish matters of fact, artists are working with technology leaders from the Scottish busines community to convene technology and expertise around the public perception of carbon dioxide. CO2 or as the artists prefer to call it the…

Collins and Goto Geumgang Biennale, South Korea, Curator Anke Mellin Asked us to develop and deliver a work for a forest in the hills of South Korea, Goto engaged Dr John Rawlins, entomologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The work in the forest consisted of hundreds of small flags suspended from over 100…

Reiko Goto for the Asian branch public library in Oakland, CA Anamorphic art relies on the viewer finding the right position for viewing. The core of the library needed to draw the visitor inward, engaging and focusing their energies. The cross-stitched anamorphic image reflected on a stainless steel “mirror cylinder.” The Chinese mythical figure Shoki…

Reiko Goto Habitat/Public Art , Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, CA

Goto with Zaacho Dance Theater A collaborative work with Johanna Haigood and the Zaccho Dance Theater. The project was developed at Capp St. Project, then presented on tour at The Walker Art Center, Dancing in the Streets in NY, and Jacobs Pillow in Lee, MA,

Collins and Goto AQUA PURA was developed working closely with Steve Leonard, Water Quality Manager for the San Francisco Water Department. The project is designed to assist Steve in his quest for a new public education program. The works are intended for an audience of young teens to adult. The book is written with an…

Reiko Goto The project was intended to help support what was left of once prolific tree frog community that had been compromised by aggressive local development. Inside of the timber framed house, the artist crated a small pond with native aquatic plants. The sculpture was designed to house sapling of indigenous trees as well as…

Tim Collins Asked to construct an undeclared memorial, Collins sought form and function that would suggest the memory of a long lost sibling. A structure that was firm, yet built to contain an ethereal, experiential phenomenon which is more spirit than matter. A heavy but small stone structure with a whitewashed plaster interior holds the…

Tim Collins Collins embedded himself with the Port of San Francisco where a set of abandoned pilings would provide form and suggest function for an architectonic structure that would be a visual interface, rather than an approachable building. The actual form of Tidal Well would shift and blend in the changing conditions of water, sky…