Client: Signature Development Category: Exhibits Location: Oakland, CA Date: August 2021 Gizmo partnered with the designers at Gyroscope to create this interactive historical exhibit located at the 9th Avenue Terminal in Oakland, CA. This immersive installation is part of the broader community development project at Brooklyn Basin, a revitalized waterfront area that celebrates the rich cultural…
Illuminated sculptures at Gables Station draw inspiration from the tropical flora of the area, representing seed pods and fruits. These artworks explore the concept of nature as neighborhood icon. A significant community engagement process was included in order to wrap the artworks in stories collected from community elders, who emigrated from the Bahamas to Coral…
Gizmo carved the undulating sculpture with chainsaws and grinders from multiple redwood trunks. Client: Yulia Pinkusevich Category: Art Installation Location: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Date: October 2015 Artists are curious in nature and art is rooted in experimentation. With this in mind, we set out to design seating for creative people to engage with. SIMA…
Gizmo worked with Grygutis to fabricate these large sculptures to outfit an exterior commercial area in Palo Alto. Category: Public Art Location: 1050 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA Date: March 2019 “Frequencies is a visual tribute to unseen patterns that shape our daily lives. The artwork references wave patterns to visualize the pervasive, but largely unseen, presence of…
Gizmo fabricated the metal sculptural tree for the interior of a Vegas hotel. Client: Brookfield Properties Category: Public Art Location: The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas Date: May 2020 The Wishing Tree is a new sculpture located in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Gizmo Art Productions, Inc. worked with The…
Gizmo worked with SF local artist, Catherine Wagner, on this wonderful metal sculpture Client: Related California Category: Public Art Location: 1500 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA Date: March 2020 Gizmo fabricated and installed “Prevailing Winds” by artist Catherine Wagner . Catherine is a San Francisco-based artist, known best for her conceptual photography. Wagner’s work often…
Gizmo worked with designers Zebradog to fabricate and install the mirrored stainless sculpture. Client: American Family Insurance & Zebradog Category: Public Art Location: Madison, WI Date: March 2018 Gizmo worked with Zebradog’s concept to fabricate and install this flash unique sculpture. The piece is made of mirrored stainless steel and LED lighting that makes it glow…
Gizmo worked with artist Ned Kahn on this kinetic wall sculpture. Sculpture: Circadian Wind Artist: Ned Kahn Location: Circa Parking Deck, Los Angeles, CA Date: May 2019 The project consisted of 36,000 polycarbonate wind flaps attached to 286 cables. The artwork starts 30’ off the ground and encompases an area of the building 58 feet…
The term percent for art refers to a program, often a city ordinance, where a fee, usually some percentage of the project cost, is placed on large scale development projects in order to fund and install public art. The details of such programs vary from area to area. Percent for art programs are used to…
Gizmo fabricated Blessing Hancock’s sculpture with custom programmed internal lighting. Artist: Blessing Hancock Category: Sculpture Fabrication Location: Emeryville, CA Date: January 2020 Blessing Hancock partnered with Gizmo to fabricate and install “DNA”. This sculpture is located at the Emeryville West Transit Center Plaza, in Emeryville, CA. The painted steel and polycarbonate artwork is internally illuminated and…
