Visual_Arts_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Monday, September 8, 2003
1:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Minutes
Commissioners Present
Stanlee Gatti, Ralph Guggenheim, Dugald Stermer; Absent: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Dede Wilsey.
Staff Present
Nina Dunbar, Rupert Jenkins, Jill Manton, Judy Moran, Debra Lehane, Jennifer Lovvorn, Tonia Macneil, Judy Moran, Susan Pontious, Kristen Zaremba.
Note: All votes are unanimous unless recorded otherwise.
The meeting commenced at 1:07 p.m.
- Consent
- Motion to approve the mosaic design by Ali Vieira and Luis Hernandez and youth at Urban ArtWORKS for planters at 3040 16th Street funded by the Mayor's Neighborhood Beautification Fund.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the Arts Commission's Grant Agreement with Flyaway Productions for How To Be A Citizen, a dance performance for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects Program, to increase the amount by $1,100 to pay for a security guard, for a total project budget not to exceed $22,800.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify Agreement Number CT01PUB10 with artist Sheila Ghidini to coordinate the Youth Arts Program for the Third Street Light Rail Project by increasing the artist's compensation to a total amount not to exceed $35,000 to complete the final designs for the Youth Arts Program posters to be permanently displayed on the Third Street Light Rail transit platforms.
- Motion to approve six final designs for Market Street, a series of posters, for the Art on Market Street 2003 Kiosk Poster Series by the artist team of Margaret Crane and Jon Winet.
Motion: Motion to adopt the consent calendar items.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
- Gallery Report
Gallery Director Rupert Jenkins reported that on Thursday, September 18 the Arts Commission Gallery opens three exhibitions in the Civic Center. Mr. Jenkins circulated the announcement for these exhibitions and noted that the gallery has recently redesigned its announcements in order to unify the programming for the various sites. Opening at the Gallery is “Construct 3: The Third Annual Installation Award Exhibition” featuring work by Bay Area artists J. Michael Deane and Mads Lynnerup. At View 155 is work by artist Shirley Shor who has created a virtual environment that interacts via digital projection with the building and a weather balloon that has been installed in the space. Mr. Jenkins presented a video clip of the artist’s work explaining that the colorful pixilated imagery is generated by computer code that is written by the artist. At City Hall, is “Aging In America: The Years Ahead,” a photographic and narrative exploration of what it means to grow old in America by Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur. Mr. Jenkins stated that there are a number of events that coincide with this exhibition: an interpretive version of the exhibition with photographs and an installation will be presented at 50 Crows Gallery in San Francisco in October; a selection of images from the project will be included in a group exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum; and “Years Ahead” will be published by PowerHouse Books in Fall 2003. Mr. Jenkins stated that each of the opening receptions is two hours long and scheduled to begin at the following times: City Hall at 5:30 PM, Gallery at 6:00 PM, and View 155 at 7:00 PM.
Mr. Jenkins reported that on Friday, September 12 is a cocktail reception for the Host Committee members and artists who have donated to the upcoming Commission 03 fundraiser. This reception will take place at the home of a Gallery Advisory Board member. He added that Commissioners should have received an invitation by mail and are welcome to attend.
Mr. Jenkins stated that he is seeking approval to exhibit the work of the artists featured in the Commission 03 box collection in the front gallery along with artist Kamau Amu Patton in the back gallery in November 2003. These exhibitions would coincide with the Commission 03 fundraiser and launch party that is scheduled for November 7. He added that the majority of artists in the Commission 03 box collections have previously exhibited at the gallery. Mr. Jenkins presented slides of work by Kamau Amu Patton whose sculptures are made from twigs and mud and whose drawings reference imagery of weather patterns, traditional Haitian iconography, as well as invented symbology.
Motion: Motion to approve November 2003 Gallery exhibition by Kamau Amu Patton.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve September 2003 Grove Street Windows exhibition by Shirly Shor.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve pool of "Commission 03" artists for gallery exhibition November 2003. Artists: Ulrika Andersson, Ellen Babcock, Sandow Birk, Kota Ezawa, Harrell Fletcher, Jona Frank, Jim Goldberg, Xylor Jane, Ed Kashi, Leonardogillesfleur, Michael Light, Paula McCartney, Paul Mullins, Abner Nolan, Chris Oliveria, Rex Ray, Tino Rodriguez, Will Rogan, Kathryn Spence, Josephine Taylor, JP Villegas, and Lee Walton. Collaborative artists teams: Libby Black & Geoff Chadsey, Anne Collier & Matthew Higgs, Stella Lai & Julio Morales, and Leah Modigliani & Jim Christensen.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
Motion: Motion to approve honoraria payment of $300 to Kamau Amu Patton.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve honoraria payment of $500 to Shirly Shor.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
Motion: Motion to approve honoraria payment not to exceed $1,200 to Jeff Richards.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve honoraria payment not to exceed $1,200 to Hajdeja Ehline aka Supernatural Design.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
- Collections Report
There was no Collections Report.
- Third Street Light Rail
Project Manager Judy Moran began her report on the Third Street Light Rail project by reminding Commissioners that they had previously approved the general design concepts for the work at the various stations and that today she would be presenting documentation of mock-ups and modified designs for further review. She added that some of the artists have revised their designs to properly integrate the artwork with the architecture.
Ms. Moran presented a digital slide of the mock-up of the standard marquee pole sculpture designed by the Artist Team of Nobuho Nagasawa and Anita Margrill for 18 platforms, with a larger design for the ten platforms with 40 foot poles, and a smaller version for the 8 platforms with 25 foot poles. The mock-up reflects the accurate scale of the artwork, but differs from the proposal in that it is unpainted and is mounted on a square pole. The finished piece will be brushed steel with the sheaths and collars painted apple green to match the pole.
Ms. Moran presented three marquee pole sculpture designs by Art Rail Ltd, the Artist Team for Mission Bay: 1. a video clip of the spinning wheel mock-up for the 4th and King platform; 2. a digital slide of the spiral pole sculpture for the two 20th Street platforms; and 3. a video clip of a spinning element from the helix inspired pole sculpture for the two UCSF Mission Bay platforms. She also presented a mock-up of a letter that is one of the stainless steel paving insets which will form the letters of “Long Bridge,” to be installed on the six Mission Rock, UCSF and Mariposa platforms, with scoring resembling wood planks like the planks used on the original Long Bridge. Ms. Moran also presented the final designs of the circular concrete paving insets, with stainless steel birds indigenous to the area and crushed abalone shell, to be installed on the two 20th Street platforms.
Ms. Moran reported that due to recently revised cost estimates for all the Third Street Light Rail art elements, the total art enrichments costs were now anticipated to exceed the limits of the Third Street art enrichment budget, which is a fixed amount. Based on her concern that the projects stay within budget, she was recommending that the number of canopy shadow panels be reduced from eight to four at each of the 10 platforms on which they are scheduled to be installed. She was also recommending that this adjustment be made now so that the budget reduction would be equitably distributed among all the neighborhoods.
Motion: Motion to approve the mock-up of a marquee pole sculpture of 11 tall marquee pole sculptures and 8 short marquee pole sculptures by the Artist Team of Nobuho Nagasawa and Anita Margrill for installation on the canopy poles of 19 transit platforms included in the Third Street Light Rail Project and approve permission to proceed to fabrication.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve the final designs of specialty marquee pole sculptures designed by the Artist Team of Art Rail Ltd for installation on the 4th and King, UCSF Mission Bay and 20th Street platforms, and to approve permission to proceed to fabrication.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
Motion: Motion to approve the mock-ups of stainless steel paving insets in the form of letters spelling Long Bridge by the Artist Team of Art Rail Ltd for installation with scoring on the Mission Rock, UCSF Mission Bay, and Mariposa platforms, and bird paving inset designs for the South Street platforms, and to approve permission to proceed to fabrication.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to approve the decreased number of shadow caster panels, with preliminary revised layouts, for the UCSF Mission Bay, 20th Street, Kirkwood/LaSalle, Oakdale/Palou, Revere/Shafter, Arleta and Sunnydale Third Street Light Rail platforms.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
- Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
Project Manager Judy Moran announced that the artist selection panel for the Art on Market Street 2004 Kiosk Poster Series met and selected Katherine Aoki, Jason Jagel, Kerry Loewen, and Gabrielle Drinard, as the four finalists, and Tracey Snelling as an alternate. Ms. Moran showed slides of past work for each finalist and explained each of their proposals.
Katherine Aoki is a relief printer who uses colorful cartoon-like imagery. Her proposal is to create pieces that resemble comic book covers featuring people performing startling acts of kindness.
Jason Jagel is a painter who works in acrylic and pencil to create abstract compositions of cartoonish figures. He proposes to create pieces that are an episodic fictional account of inhabitants on Market Street loosely based on a science fiction novel by Phillip K. Dick.
Kerry Loewen is a photographer whose work references definitions of identity. She proposes to take black and white portraits of the back of heads of people from Market Street.
Gabrielle Drinard is an artist who works with scratchboard to create black and white drawings of figures struggling with one another. She proposes to create scratchboard drawings of interactions between humans and pigeons.
Alternate Tracey Snelling photographs tableaus of San Francisco cityscapes that she has created. She proposes to create architectural models of parts of Market Street and photograph them on site.
Motion: Motion to approve artists Katherine Aoki, Jason Jagel, Kerry Loewen, and Gabrielle Drinard, and one alternate Tracey Snelling, as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel, to each design and print for consecutive three month exhibitions 24 posters for the Art on Market Street 2004 Kiosk Poster Series.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artists Katherine Aoki, Jason Jagel, Kerry Loewen, and Gabrielle Drinard, and one alternate Tracey Snelling, each in the amount of $8,500, to each design and print 24 posters for a three month exhibition as part of the Art on Market Street 2004 Kiosk Poster Series.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
- Laguna Honda Hospital
Project Manager Susan Pontious began her report by reminding Commissioners that artist Lewis deSoto had been selected to create an artwork about the history of Laguna Honda Hospital. He had originally proposed to create an outdoor wall featuring a timeline made of porcelain and enamel plaques to be located on the grassy area in front of the hospital’s Link Building. Because Laguna Honda Hospital would like to use the grassy area for events, they declined the use of that space to locate artwork. Lewis deSoto revised his proposal to create 16 tapestries based on historical photographs of important events that have occurred at the hospital. The recurring motif in each of the tapestries would be a wood grain background and an open book featuring a different historical photograph. For this project the artist would use a digital technique created by Magnolia Editions to translate photographic imagery into tapestry. The artist presented a sample tapestry and explained that the photographic quality is achieved by the overlapping of color threads that creates additional colors. He added that the tapestry would have a protective UV and fire resistant coating. Ms. Pontious stated that the Laguna Honda Hospital Art Steering Committee likes the revised proposal. She added that the work would likely be located in the corridor that links the historic Administration building to the new Link Building.
Motion: Motion to approve the revised proposal by Lewis deSoto for Laguna Honda Hospital.
Moved: Stermer/Gatti
Ms. Pontious continued her report by presenting the revised proposal by Cliff Garten for the Link Building entry at Laguna Honda Hospital. She stated that the artist originally proposed to do a text-based treatment to the glass façade, but the proposal was rejected by the hospital. The revised proposal is for two sculptures that are made of woven stainless steel forming an outer skin and each has a lit interior ball shape. Commissioner Guggenheim stated that there doesn’t seem to be a relationship between the sculpture and the building. Commissioner Stermer stated that he likes the organic shape of the sculptures and they remind him of biology and topiary. Ms. Pontious pointed out that the artist uses similar organic shapes for the horizontal portions of the handrails in the hospital’s interior. In order to address questions regarding the how the piece will be lit and how it will relate to the front of the building, Ms. Pontious will request that the artist submit a revised rendering that accurately shows how the interior lighting would appear and that accounts for the actual color, texture and scale of the building.
Ms. Pontious then presented the preliminary proposal by Cheonae Kim for the tile artwork on opposing walls in the aqua therapy room. The artist plans to work with 3” x 6” tiles that were specified by the architect and will therefore not have to come out of the art enrichment budget. Ms. Pontious stated that a portion of the wall where the artwork will be installed is recessed to be used as storage for a blue pool cover. Because the pool cover will interrupt the composition of the piece, she will ask the artist to reconsider her design to account for that block of color. Ms. Pontious added that the hospital has also asked the artist to address the tiled rim of the pool. Commissioner Guggenheim stated that he likes the proposal.
The following motion was continued.
Motion: Motion to approve the revised proposal by Owen Smith for the Laguna Honda Hospital link building lobby murals.
- SoMa Park
Project Manager Susan Pontious reported that selection panel will soon be meeting to select the artist for the SoMa Park project. She added that because the artists are from the pre-qualified pool of artists who are already approved by the Commissioners, she asked to remove the motion to approve the finalist artists.
Motion: Motion to approve the following selection panel members for SoMa Park: Trisha Lagaso, curator, and Therese Martin, artist.
Moved: Gatti/Stermer
The following motion was removed.
Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for SoMa Park: Ray Beldner, Peter Richards, Mark Brest van Kempen, and Irene Pijoan.
- Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center
Project Manager Tonia Macneil reported on the progress of the artists’ design for the Ocean View Recreation Center. She stated that she was scheduled to meet soon with the City's design team and with a key community group, and that she expected these meetings to be crucial to the success of the project. Ms. Macneil reminded the Commissioners that they had previously approved Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg's artwork concept for the wall of trophies on the back wall of the Recreation Center's community room. She reported that, in response to requests from the Recreation Department, the artists had altered their original proposal to replace the glass curtain wall with a system of sliding glass doors that could be opened for periodic maintenance. In addition, they had deleted the trophies under the building's window. The City architect had suggested construction of a "pocket wall" or a "U-wall" around the large window so that access to the window is preserved. As a result, the trophies will appear to be in an enormous recessed case covering the sides and top of the 26-foot high by 40-foot wide wall. Ms. Macneil presented drawings of the new trophy case design.
- Moscone Center Expansion Project
Public Art Program Director Jill Manton reported on the progress of the Diller + Scofidio project at Moscone Center. She stated that on July 8th there was an accident at Moscone caused by Sheedy Crane in which one of the armature legs slipped and fell several feet causing minor damage to the roof, guardrail and metal trim. Since then, all the bolts on the armature have been replaced in case there was any damage caused by torque. Now it appears that the accident might have also damaged the LED modules. According to Matthew Johnson of Diller + Scofidio, since the accident both the resolution of the grain and the color quality of the screen are off. She added that Multimedia speculates that the accident caused damage to the screen and that they have concluded that all the diode modules have to be replaced at a total cost of $110,000 to $120,000. They have already ordered the replacement modules. Ms. Manton had visited the Multimedia studio to inspect the screen prior to its installation at which point the screen was working fine. She stated that although the screen was installed on June 18th, she had not seen it in operation on site prior to the accident. Ms. Manton added that Multimedia has yet to provide a conclusive report to support their position. Multimedia has recommended an engineering firm in New Jersey to determine if the damage is related to the accident. It has not been determined who is responsible to pay for the engineer to provide this report. Ms. Manton is now consulting with the City Attorney as to how to proceed. Commissioner Guggenheim inquired whether there is project insurance to cover the repair costs. Ms. Manton stated that insurance may cover the cost if there is proof that Sheedy’s accident caused the damage. She added that the new diode modules will arrive within eight weeks and that Multimedia plans to install them immediately regardless of the findings related to fault. Ms. Manton stated that the audiovisual elements are still in progress and that the video content is being finalized.
- New Business
- Old Business
- Adjournment
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
Submitted by Jennifer Lovvorn, Public Art Program Assistant
Approved by Jill Manton, Public Art Program Director, 9/16/03
08/28/2003
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