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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5.2 ArtInParkEmerGlenPark CITY CLERK File # 0900-50 AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETI.NG DATE: August 6, 2002 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SUBJECT: Art in the Parks - Emerald Glen Park Report by Diane Lowart, Parks & Community Services Director ATTACHMENTS: 1) Correspondence (with attachments) from Project Consultant Lynne Baer 2) A model and video of the proposed artwork will be presented at r~~ meeting. RECOMMENDATION: ~ v ' Approve artwork or provide alternate direction. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The City will contribute $25,000 towards the cost of the artwork DESCRIPTION: In September of 1993 the City Council gave conceptual approval to the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation's proposed "Art in the Parks" program. The goal of the "Art in the Parks" program is to enhance City parks through the placement of artworks appropriate to each park's history, location, size and use. Since that time, the Foundation has completed Commissions in Alamo Creek, Stagecoach, Mape Memorial and Kolb Parks. A commission for Ted Fairfield Park is underway and scheduled for completion in August 2002. Additionally the artwork Sirius by Peter Voulkos was moved from the Civic Center and permanently installed at Shannon Park In January of 2001, the City Council approved a request from the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation to commission art for Emerald Glen Park. As approved by the Council, the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation Board would select an artist to work with the City's design consultant for Emerald Glen Park, Phase II. The artist would work with the design consultant to integrate art during the design phase. A selection committee comprised of members of the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation Board and a representative from the Parks and Community Services Commission and Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission reviewed the materials submitted from approximately 30 artists and selected 8 artists to be interviewed, The Sebastopol artist, Ned Kahn, was selected. Mr. Kahn has been creating public artworks that encourage people to observe and interact with natural phenomena such as flowing water, wind, fog and light for the past 18 years. As contained in the correspondence received from Project Consultant, Lynne Baer (Attachment 1), the proposed artwork for Emerald Glen Park will be installed in the fountain at the corner of Tassajara Road and Central Parkway that will be constructed as part of Emerald Glen Phase II. The artist proposes to install 60 9-inch wide polished stainless steel plates that sheets of water will emanate from. They will be angled slightly downward to reflect the wave patterns from the water surface below. The array of COPIES TO: Dublin Fine Arts Foundation Ned Kahn Parks and Community Services Commission Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission ITEM NO. ~ G:~DFAFXARTPARK\cc 8-6 egp artwork.doc reflective metal squares will create the impression of a digitized line of undulating light floating just above the water surface. The arc will follow the curve of the fountain and will be centered in the fountain. The elements will be supported by 2-inch diameter stainless steel pipes that will bolt to a PVC manifold cast in concrete below the slab of the bottom of the fountain. Water will be supplied from four pipes that will run under'the concrete fountain to the pump enclosure. The artwork will aerate the entire fountain and help to prevent algae blooms and stagnation, common afflictions of man-made lakes. A model and Video of the proposed artwork will be presented at the meeting. The total cost of the artwork is $100,000 and will be paid for by the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation. As with past Art in the Park projects, the City will contribute one-quarter of the project cost, or $25,000. Sufficient funds are available in the Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Budget. The proposed artwork for Emerald Glen Park was presented to both the Parks and Community Services Commission and the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission. Both Commissions unanimously recommend approval of the artwork. It is the recommendation of Staff that the City Council receive the presentation from the Lyrme Baer of the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation and artist Ned Kahn. Following the presentation, it is recommended that the City Council approve the artwork or provide alternate direction. .July 5, 2002 Mayor Lockhart and City Council Members %Diane Lowart City of Dublin ! 00 Civic Plaza Dublin, CA 94568 Dear Mayor Lockhart and City Council Members, The Dublin Fine Arts Foundation is presenting the enclosed proposal of the artwork for Emerald Glen Park for your approval. In October, 2001, the DFAF Selection Committee reviewed the materials submitted from approximately 30 artists and selected 8 artists to be interviewed with the goal of choosing one artist to work with the Landscape Architects to integrate the artwork into the evolving landscape plans for the park. The Sebastopol artist, Ned Kahn, was selected. For the last 18 years, Ned Kahn has been creating public artworks that encourage people to observe and interact with natural phenomena such as flowing water, wind, fog, and light. Many of his completed works were intended to reveal a hidden or unnoticed force in a site such as air currents or the changing light in the sky. Ned has created permanent and temporary projects nationally and internationally for museums, communities, and corporations. His installations can be found in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and, in the United States, San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Seattle, Washington. He has received numerous awards and grants including grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Since November, 2001, Ned has been working with Vince Lattanzio of Carducci Landscape Architects to develop his artwork. Ned attended two public meetings conducted by Vince in order to understand the needs and wishes of the community as well as adhering to the Foundation's desire to have the artwork integrated into the overall design of the park. The Foundation feels that Ned has created a work of art that is exciting and elegant and that the community will enjoy. Ned will present a model of the project at the meeting. Best regards, ~ L / e~~Baer,/~'~'~''~ Project Consultant Cc: Ron Nahas, President, DFAF Enclosures ATTACHMENT 1 Ned Kahn Studios 11650 Graton Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472 Phone and Fax: (707) 823-1760 E-mail: nedkalm(~_~em'thlink.net Website: nedkahn.com Revised Concept for Emerald~Glen Park, Dublin, CA July 7, 2002 As I described in my initial conceptual approach, one of my goals is to design an artwork that will become an integral part of the aeration and circulation system of the proposed lake. The concept that emerged during a design session held at mY studio is to create a Water version of the wind activated artworks that I have been creating over the last few years. My wind sculptures are composed of thousands of small metal parts that move in the wind and reveal the invisible patterns of the air. For the project in Dublin, I am proposing to install a 100-foot long arc of custom designed nozzles that will spray thin sheets of water down into the lake. By building a series of working prototypes in my studio, I have learned that a thin sheet of water, about 1/8th of an inch thick, moves like a sheet of fabric in the wind. These glass-like sheets of water are also very responsive to light. They reflect sunlight and wave patterns from the water surface below like a mirror but light can also pass through them and cause them to glow like etched glass. The light from the setting or rising sun fills them with subtle colors. I propose to install a total of 60, 9-inch wide sheets of water that will emanate from polished stainless steel plates, angled slightly down so as to reflect the wave patterns from the water surface below. This array of reflective metal squares will create the impression of a digitized line of undulating light, floating just above the water surface. The arc will follow the curve of the shoreline and will be centered in the lake. The elements will be supported by 2-inch diameter stainless steel pipes that will bolt to a PVC manifold cast in concrete below the slab of the bottom of the pool. Water will be supplied from 4 pipes that will mn under the concrete pool to the pump enclosure. The artwork will' aerate the entire lake and help to prevent algae blooms and stagnation, common afflictions of man-made lakes. In recent years, I have completed a series of outdoor artworks that are intended to reveal hidden forces in the immediate environment. I have been calling these artworks 3detectors2 for they are analogous to the detectors on telescopes and other scientific devices that reveal the effects of the invisible. A recent example o£this line of work is a 260~ long by 6-story tall artwork that I installed on the side ofa new parking garage in Charlotte, North Carolina this fall. The large facade of the building was covered with 80,000 small aluminum panels that are hinged so as to move freely in the wind. When the wind blows, the complex patterns of waves and vortices that make up the wind are revealed in spectacular detail. You can actually see whata gust of wind looks like. The facade creates the impression of waves in a field of metallic grass. The Patterns have a di.gital quality, strangely similar to satellite imagery of moving storm systems. The artwork that I am proposing for Emerald Glen Park will have a similar digital quality. The abundant wind in the site will sculpt the water sheets into complex wave patterns, reVealing the unseen shapes of the wind. On calm days, the streams will form a graceful arc. On windy days, they will be in constant motion. The polished metal squares will call attention to the complex interplay of light and water on the surface of the lake. As the thin sheets of water slice into the lake they will also create a beautiful and distinctive sound which will change with the wind. This sound will counteract the noise from the nearby roads and help to create an ever-changing oasis of natural phenomena for park visitors, a place to catch their spiritual breath and reconnect with nature. Ned Kahn Ned Kahn Studios, 11650 Graton Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 823-1760, nedkahn@earthlink, net Completed Public Art Commissions: 2000 Gateway Village, Charlotte, North Carolina · 2000 Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany (with Atelier Bruckner Architects) 2000 Chabot Observatory, Oakland, CA (with Fisher/Freedman Architects) 2000 King Street Station, Seattle, WA (with OTAK architecture) 1999 Rose Center for Earth & Space, American Museum of Natural Histow, New York 1999 Baypointe Light Rail Station, San Jose, CA (with SBA Architects) 1998 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), Boulder, CO 1997 United Terminal, San Francisco International Airport 1996 School of Engineering (ITL), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1995 Founders Court, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, (with Atelier Landscape) 1994 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 1993 ' Ventura Pier, Ventura, CA, (with Sasaki & Associates) 1991 San Francisco County Jail, San Bruno, CA, (with Catherine Snead) Works-in-Progress: 2001 BART Station, San Francisco International Airport, (with MBT Ai-chitecture) 2001 School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2001 Yahoo Headquarters, Sunnyvale, CA 2002 Civic Center Plaza, Arlington, VA (with SOM and EDAW) 2002 Wolfsburg Science Center, Germany (with architect, Zaha Hadid) 2002 Union Point Park, Oakland, CA (with landscape architect, Mario Schjetnan) 2002 Mesa Arts and Entertainment Center, Mesa, AZ (with BOORA & DWL Architects) 2002 Science Park, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT (with Lynn Wolff) 2003 1801 North Lynn Street, Arlington, VA (with RTKL architects) 2003 Huntington Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA (with EDSA Landscape Architects) 2003 San Francisco Zoo (with Field Paoli and Ken Kay) Selected Exhibitions: 1999 Hudson River Museum 1999 Wake Forest University Gallery Yonkers, New York Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1998 L.A. Municipal Art Gallery 1996 Center for the Arts, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA Yerba Buena Gardens, S.F. CA 1995 M.H. de Young Memorial MUseum 1994 California College of Arts and Crafts San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA i992 North Carolina Museum of Science 1992 La Cite'Des Arts Durham, North Carolina Montreal, Canada 1992 Mole Antonelliana 1991 MultiMediale 2, Center for Art Torino, Italy Karlsruhe, Germany 1992 Questacon 1990 World Financial Center : Canberra, Australia Battery Park City, New York, NY 1990 Technorama 1989 Headlands Center for the Arts Winterthur, Switzerland Sausalito, CA 1989 Artpark, (Niagara River) 1989 Saibu Museum of Art Lewiston, New York Fukuoka, Japan 1988 Arts Commission Gallery 1988 Kennedy Center San Francisco, CA Washington, DC Ned Kahn~ resume, page 2 Awards / GrantS: 1999 Creative Work Fund (with TODCO, San Francisco) 1999 National Science Foundation, Planetary Landscapes Exhibition, Chabot Observatory 1996 National Science Foundation, Turbulent Landscapes Exhibition, Exploratorium 1994 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Sculpture Fellowship 1994 California Arts Council Fellowship 1992 Bernard Osher Cultural Award 1991 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Sculpture Fellowship Education: 1982 B.A., Environmental Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Performances: 1994 Collaboration with Laurie Anderson "Stories from the Nerve Bible" Tour Public Lectures: 2000 San Francisco Art Institute 2000 Tryon Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC 1997 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1998 · Santa Fe Institute, NM 1996 Art Institute of Chicago 1993 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA ReViews / Articles: 1999 New Scientist, Interview with Ned Kahn and Jeff Greenwald 1996 New York Times, "Persuading Nature...", by Tessa DeCarlo 1996 Los Angeles Times Magazine, "Mad About Sci-Art", by K.C. Cole 1996 Complexity, Turbulent Landscapes, by Ned Kahn and Dr. James Crutchfield 1995 Artweek, Interview with Ned Kahn and Meredith Tromble 1993 Wall Street Journal, "Where Art Meets Science", by Tessa DeCarlo 1993 Weatherwise Magazine, "The Weather Maker", by Jeff Rosenfeld 1990 SF Magazine, "Local Color" by Jeff Greenwald 1990 New York Times, "Natures Forces Unleashed", by Andrew Yarrow 1989 New York Times Magazine, "Works in Progress", by Bruce Weber Museum Commissions: Wichita Science Center, Wichita, KS Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC Discovery Museum, Acton, MA Rose Center for Earth & Space, American Museum of Natural History, New York Chabot Observatory, Oakland, CA ' Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, VT Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Canada Technorama, Winterthur, Switzerland Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA Discovery Museum, Santa Ana, CA New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY Liberty Science Center, New Jersey Kai Museum, Ryozen, Japan Lynne Baer Art in Public Spaces 1020 Union Street. No. 2 San Francisco. CA 94133 RE: Emerald Glen Phase II Dublin, California Dear Lynne: As the Landscape Architects on the Emerald Glen Park project in Dublin. California, we have appreciated the continuous creative interaction with the Dublin Arts Foundation Artist. Ned Kahn, We are very pleased and supportive of the public art developed for the project by Ned Kahn. The art piece is very well integrated into our park design and takes into account the importance of ongoing maintenance. It is very exciting to be part of a public art project process that will bring so much pride and joy to the citizens of Dublin. As proposed by Ned Kahn. we can see the art piece as a very artful heart to a great park project. Sincerely,,,,/ Vincent P. Lattanmo RLA No. 2554 Cc: Ned Kahn Diane Lowart, City of Dublin Herma Lichtenstein, City of Dublin CARDUCCI & ASSOCIATES. INC. 555 BEACH STREET, FOURTH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133 (415) 674-0990 FAX (415) 674-0999 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE · IRRIGATION DESIGN · PLANNING - URBAN DESIGN FoXed in 't988 as a pri~re, nonPro~r b~gm~.izarion, The Dublin 'Fine ~s FgUhdation'acqaims h~.ifi.c~r w0rks'offine '~ for Dubl~ public. spies.. The .foundation raises ~nds, selects artier} ~d 'commissions wor~'ro be tranSferred, to the:Ci~ for :~1 residents, ro en~oy.. "~r. in Par.~" is a mu.id-year uhder~ng ro commissio~ 'wor~ of art for each o~DubJin's' p~ks ~nd has .been awarded ~e C~liEornia P~ks and .Recreation S.ocie~ 2000 Award of'Excellence. From ~ sm~i r~cho.in ~e 1'830s ro the present ~hr?v[ng ci~, Dublin. has .been" ar tie ~rossroads *Fma~r.~roughf~es. The ~ea was. origi.n~J~.a land gra~k ro Jose Maria Matador in 1826 Gr his yea?S of. se~ice as a Mexic~ s01~er attached ro rhe.~ Francis~ Preside. Jn the 185'0s, Amado~ sold ~om~ of his tand ro Irish immigranu and by t'h'e 1870s.ir w~ a ).unction Gr ~o:impo~tm~r stagecoach rour~: Incorporated ~.n 1982, .Dubtin:~ grown into a prosperous ~d div~se commu~ ~r ~e cross-' ro~d8 o'F~.o ma~or ~e~,ays - 1-580 ~d t~bB0.' Dublin{ pbp~adon is ~:.,..: .expected.to increase fi'om irs currem' size 6f 32~000 ro 58,000 'by the . ' year.2020. . . . In the }gr~.Cenm~, ~ public park. w~ created ro bring nature ro crowded' ~d congested urbin.spaces-and provide a plac~ Gr Ieisme, srrblling, an~'Gsking, rn ~e 20e~ Cenru~, rec~notb.gic~ a&~ces, work p'arreRns, ~d.-less' leisure time e~ecred the WaYs par~ were. used and perceive& .Parks evolged into sm~ler,'more compact space~ ~lrE specmc ~crmns such' as recreationS, athleri'c~: and/or c~[drens-ptaygrounds.se~mg speci~c neigh- borh0.ods zt places-fo~, groups such as' children, mothers ~nd. rodglers, teenage}s,' and familie~ ro gather bur'door acrMhes. A~d n°w ar the beginning 0f.rhe '21~~ Century, Dublin'~ new p~rk} 'cdndnCe ro evoICe ro meet ~e needs o'f a growing qommuni~. By placing art .in each of DuB'lin' s p'ar~, the Dublin Fine Foundation's .gO~ is. ro create a sense o~ place by enhancing each park. conrributi~g ro the .senSe of communi~ For ~e entire ci~. The D~biin.~ine A~s ~oun~atio~. i~..see~ing aHbts for the co~missioning, o~ site-spedfk wor~s"~F thee par~S, as ~meraJd G~'e'n 'P~r.k Shannon' P~rk Emer~d'GIen P~k is the newer commu~ Shannon Pa~k is, [ocated in'the center of Old Dublin..~d is rev'park and upon. completion, will home qf.the ci~'s 'Sh.annon Communiv.Center which se~es encompass 51':7 acres. 'The 'first phase of the' ~e. entire .population with. events' from wed'~ngg t0'childreKs park. completed in August 2000, featflres programs. The ten acre community park rearm:es a large 29.6 acres of athlet.id fiet~, tennis courts, area; picnic tables, and'l~ge ~xp~ns~ 0f gr~ open space ba~ketbali .com'ts, skate p~rk, large' children's bisected by a me,tiering creek: .p~ay area. with. an interactive.water play. featur~ as well as a.pIa~'ana promenade. The second phase 9f construgdon, sched- ' [~e' and gazebo. ~ile 'the design, for ~e' park h~' been comple~d and approved, T~ F~.rfield P~k' is a five ~re p~k in ~'Eastern Dubl~. ~ere are 9ppormnin~ for artists to create 'a sched~ed for completion in Sprig 2001. It-will ~clude sign:ricer VisUal impact for this new and Childre~fs play.~ea,, outd0or'basketb~ ~d ~olt.e~ coups, l~gest park in Dublin. combi'nation baseb~/soccer field, m~d picnic ~. f~ED~A: Shannon anti Ted Fairfie|d Parks Open to ali .media. 'appropriate to public ,spaces Phase [: . . '. ' ' The individual" Sel~cfion Committees' will'review the E kl'O [l~ i L[TY:' materials submitted, and select 3 '-5 finalists who. wilt be invked to submit models. Each finalist wil~ receive Ali. artists residing in Californii. Artists may submit . .a fee:of $500. for their finished proposals and models. for all three projects o~ may indicate their, preference The models 'will ~he~i be displayed' puN!dy 'for review on the applicatim3 materials, by'the Selection Committee and interested community .members. Comments wilt .be collected SELECT[ON PROCESS'i and forwarded to the Selection. Committee as Each'.park will 'have' their own.Selection Committee additional i~l~Uv for their decision'. composed of inflivid, uals residing in the neighborhood . . of the~ park, a board member from the Foundation, Phase IE . an~{ a commissioner from the Heritage and.Cultural The 'Selection Committees will each chose an, artist Arts Commission. from the finalist~ who will be coniracted.and allowed to fully'develop the.proposal fo? review and final · ' ' ~rnera['et Glen Park - approviiI by the Heritage and. Cultural Arts ' ' Commission and the Dublin.City Council. phc~se [: The Comrmttee Will r.eview the materials,submkted' and interview 3-5 finalists w. Dh the goal of selecting an arti~ or artist team to work with the Committee and Landscape OF QUAk[F[CAT[ONS: Archire~t to develop ~ prqposaL Th~ artist will receive a. design fee ors 1,500-'to'devilop the proposal, i. Only one set'of requirements 4s necessary for submittal, for all parkq~ Please indicate preference on the appiic~rion material. ~h~se The accepted proposal. Wilt be presented for app.r,oval 2.'. (5ne page letter of. interes; indicating, an approach to the'Heritage and Cultural'Arts Commission,and for this project and experience. . the Dublin Cit~ Council. UpoB appr0val~ the"artist ~. Resume. ' ' ' coorcunated 'will enter a contract for.f-aDncation to be' " with the construction of the second phase of thc park. ~ 20 slides of past work. Slides must be numbered. t,20-with TOP indicated. Include an affnotated identification sheet with full descriptions.- 5. 'se'if-addressed: stamped envelope for return of 'slides '(No .work will' be returned withou~ SASE). DEADLINE: - May 1'1; 2001 (pos~m'arked by) NtAI'L 'TO: Lynne Bae;- Pt~blic Art 'Consultant :'"' 1020 Union Street. #2 · .: San FranCisce, .CA 94[33 Inquiries:to Lynne Badr'at dl 5 931-1592 or email lbaer@ix:nercom.corri