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- I'm interested in engaging
very fundamental things,

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often natural phenomenon.

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Gravity, the sun, waves, wind,

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and having the changes
that the natural world

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is constantly engaging in,

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having that as an agent in my work.

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I make site specific installations,

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I like the challenge of using spaces

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and how the light works
with spaces as well.

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I had the good privilege
of haivng a residency

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at the Exploratorium at
the Palace of Fine Art.

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I did an installation
with artificial light

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using some found logs that
were drilled down with lots

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of these stalks with
just a piece of mirror

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glued to the top of them.

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And that was kind of captivating,

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and I liked doing it, and
it got a good response.

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So when the Exploratorium
came to move to the pier,

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they invited me to give some submissions

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for what might work at this site.

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(whirling)

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When the Exploratorium moved to Pier 15,

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Sun Swarm was installed,

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and we're currently redoing
it in a more permanent form.

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(wind blowing)

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(metal clanking)

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There's a couple hundred
feet of concrete columns

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out there to attach to.

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So I reconfigured it and kind of,

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I brought the whole
constellation of mirrors

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a little close to each other.

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So I'm excited to see how that works

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as a more intense
reflection, a tighter swarm.

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Whatever boats are going
up and down the bay,

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activate this piece.

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It's an engagement between
the sun and the waves.

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The sound of the tickling and the jostling

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of these mirrors is a
way of alerting people

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to something being down there.

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Maybe when they look down there,

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they get blinded by a
little bit of sunlight,

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and they see that there's
something else happening

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up higher on at the awning.

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And so I'd like this kind of conversation

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between the sun where it might be,

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or where it might not
be, in terms of whether

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the thing works, so does
this window of serendipity,

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where you get to see the sun and the waves

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at the right time of the day
to get this little spectacle.

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(upbeat music)

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