Jun 062011
Corner of Leland Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard – Viscitation Valley – San Francisco
“Sprouting” from the sidewalk like stalks of organically grown street furniture, Street Life is a large-scale sculpture composed of surplus parking meter heads, painted dark orange, attached to tall, arcing steel poles. The sculpture marks the gateway to the entrance of what locals refer to as “downtown” Visitacion Valley.
The installation is by a team of artists called Rebar. According to Rebar founder Matthew Passmore, “Street Life encourages viewers to imagine new possibilities for automobile infrastructure that is outmoded. The street furnishings of today may well be the art supplies of tomorrow.”
Rebar’s website is a feast of eye candy for sculpture fans like me. Their projects are just amazing.
This project was funded by the San Francisco Art Commission for $38,000.
War of the Worlds came to mind when I first viewed your shot! Love the orange and the overall graceful curving of this piece. Super!
I like the bits and pieces of litter and detrius that must be found in street shots…even those of sculptures…It is all part of the sculpture in the envirnment I would think…Love bothe of these shots!
I love this sprouting sculpture! Your second shot is really great…would be a fun image for a guessing game.
This is good! This is one unique shot of structures of tomorrow. I think SF is a very interesting place and I’ve been taking shots ever since I came here…just wowed!
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