ADRIANE COLBURN

Permanent Public Artwork, Daggett Park, Mission Bay, San Francisco Steel, reclaimed Granite, Native Plants

This site was once the shore of Mission Bay, a 5,000 year-old tidal marsh that was habitat to a rich array of flora and fauna. In the early 19th century naturalists observed a dynamic ecosystem full of species whose trace is now obscured by our contemporary landscape. The five panels that form Shadow Kingdom evoke the layered history of the area including a plethora of the original species that once occupied the site. As the sun arcs across the sky, these endemic species are projected as shadows back onto the terrain they once inhabited.

Permanent Public Artwork - SFAC : Guy Place, San Francisco