Markings - Revelatory Landscapes
San Francisco, CA
Markings’ was a temporary installation commissioned by the San Francisco MOMA for the Revelatory Landscapes Exhibition. The installation stimulated investigation of the 13-acre site through a series of markings that contrasted its modern and archaic conditions. The twenty-four pylons that support the road decks were painted with reflective silver paint to capture the play of light throughout the day. Native American artist Julian Lang devised a word scheme that was applied to the pylons in Karuk and English that recalls concepts common to Native American and modern cultures. Between the road decks a five hundred foot long landform provides views of the word scheme at eye level.