Abundance
2007
Abundance is a temporary public installation commissioned for the city of San Jose, California by the Art and Technology network, ZERo1. The city hall plaza is transformed into an interactive social space. A video camera captures the movements of people in the plaza and an animation generated in response to this movement is projected onto the cylindrical rotunda. The colourful, fluid like and delicate imagery contrasts with the bold geometry of the architect, Richard Meier's building.
As participants walk through the plaza they locate their brightly coloured silhouette in the projection on the building. Movements and paths through the plaza become part of a collective visual record, and transform the building into a playful and dynamic canvas.
I love Abundance and how Utterback has changed the City Hall Plaza into a piece of Art, giving it life, character and a colourful appearance. The area has become a place of interaction and play. Participants are engaged in a dynamic process of kinaesthetic discovery and play.
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