Gizmo will be returning to its business roots at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco. In the early 1990s, founder Mark Sabatino cut his teeth as the lead preparator for the cutting edge museum. Since that time, Gizmo has worked with the Center on many successful projects, including: “The Art of Cuba” and Fred Wilson’s “The Greeting Gallery”, featured at the de Young Museum. In 2006 the company worked on The Gap’s “Individuals” exhibition for the YCBA Forum. They also installed Don Ed Hardy’s “2000 Dragons” for the Renny Pritikin curated entry to the 2001 Cuenca Triennial. In 2001, Gizmo collaborated again with Pritikin on “Faster than the Eye” featuring Devorah Sperber and Elizabeth King.
For their current project, Gizmo will use CNC technology to fabricate, artist specified panels and a supporting structure for German born, local artist, Kota Ezawa. The artist uses a combination of digital animation, slide projections, light boxes, etchings, drawings and wooden sculptures to create a facade or stage like setting. The unique structures are used to underscore historical photographs, film and other iconic images from popular media.
The work will be displayed at the Center’s sculpture court, located at Mission and Third St. from June 5, 2013 to September 5, 2014.
