Client: City of Tampa
Location: Tampa, FL, United States
Completion date: 2021
Artwork budget: $397,000
Project Team
Artist
Erwin Redl
Paramedia LLC
Electronic engineering
Leo Fernekes
Fernekes Designs
Structural and electrical engineering
Tom Dixon
Wilson & Girgenti
Metal fabrication
Brian Phillips
Productions Unlimited
Overview
Light Installation with 31 ring-shaped programmable RGBW LED-fixtures and circular white reflective disks
Dimensions: Each fixture 6 ft / 1.8 m diameter, each disk 8 ft / 2.4 m diameter, overall 353 x 73 x 23 ft / 108 x 22 x 7 m (L x W x H)
Location: Channelside Drive Tunnel, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
Budget: $397,000
Public Agency: Arts & Cultural Affair, City of Tampa
Project manager: Robin Franklin Nigh, Manager, Arts & Cultural Affairs, City of Tampa, (813) 274–7841, robin.nigh@tampagov.net
Serving as a gateway into downtown from South Tampa, Circles Unity, is a series of custom LED rings programmed together as a synchronized ensemble. The gradual transition of the program illuminates the tunnel walls through unique color sequences. The title designates the artwork as a celebration of civic engagement and societal tolerance.
Commissioned for Lights on Tampa by the City of Tampa and funded in part by a grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Goals
The title designates the artwork as a celebration of civic engagement and societal tolerance.
Process
have idea - visualize idea - win competition - engineer - fabricate - install - document