Nov 052011
Mission Bay
UCSF Campus
Heal by Miroslaw BalkaMiroslaw Balka was born in Ottwock, Poland, near Warsaw, and continues to live and work there. He turned his family home into a studio. Austere, with a sense of absence and empty space, his work is defined by the people that interact with it.
HEAL is a stainless steel structure standing at an angle, on a large concrete square public space. Looking up the word is in reverse and hard to figure out, but looking down, the shadow of the word is projected on the pavement below, moving and changing throughout the day with the path of the sun.
I was especially charmed by the fact that it incorporates a water fountain.
Wow! Looks like a facinating piece of art! I love you photo of it casting a shadow in the ground. Well done!
I love that first shot, Principessa! I like the clean lines of his structures…I especially noticed the opposing lines after just reading Kat’s latest Exploring with a Camera post.
Love it! The fountain is perfect – so hard to find in this day of bottled water.
That is SO wonderful, without the shadow, I wonder how many people walk past and don’t even realize what it is…
This is fascinating! I think it would be fun to have words scattered all over the city!