hawai'i state art
museum sculpture garden
trigger picasso energy
Title: Trigger
Picasso Energy
Medium: Enamel fused glass, gold leaf, photovoltaic
solar cells and stainless steel
Function: Canopy shelters
from the sun and plays with natural light: transparent, colored and opaque
glass project patterns upon the Sculpture Garden walls, stairs and patrons and
changes throughout the day. Solar cells collect energy that is fed into Museum
Mainframe and assist in powering flood light that illuminate the canopy by night.
Competition: Hawai'i State
Foundation on Culture, Art in Public Places and the Arts Open Call to Hawai'i
artists
Site: Hawai'i State Art Museum Sculpture Garden
Installation: 2012
Dimensions: 48' long x 8' wide
x 10' to 14' tall
