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Connecting Points: Alluvial
The Alluvial artwork consists of two benches composed to mirror the bedding planes of adjacent rocks and are carved from Lyons Red Sandstone. Seats were carved in to the tops to provide a smooth seating surface. These benches are located at the base of the Red Rocks Funicular Trail.
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Connecting Points: Deep Time
This art bench highlights the great unconformity and adds a third in the form of masonry that mimics the great work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps crews during the construction of the amphitheater. A large Precambrian boulder transitions into fountain formation stone, but in between those two formations, a recess of honed black granite …
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Connecting Points: Strata
Strata is sited at the geologic overlook and leverages the interpretive information at that site by adding the additional consideration of current ecology. This piece is made up of layered stone that mimics the stack of ancient layering and uplifting that occurred during the land’s epic history. Carved into the stacked strata of centuries is a …
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Connecting Points: Snakeskin Bench
Snakeskin Bench is located near Red Rocks Will Call, ideally situated to take advantage of the extraordinary view of the Red Rocks valley. The carved bench features a back support and is imprinted with the pattern of the rattle snake indigenous to the area.
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Time is a Friend of the Future, Not an Enemy of the Past
Time is a Friend of the Future, Not an Enemy of the Past is a large functional clock created from a vintage encyclopedia set. Each piece has a silhouette profile cut from the cover with layers of exposed pages building the scene. The profiles are of people of various ages, genders and ethnicities. Some are …
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Que Viva Paco
Que Viva Paco honors Francisco “Paco” Sanchez, who in 1954 launched Denver’s first Spanish language radio station. The artwork consists of three stainless-steel disks, approximately five feet in diameter, painted in the colors of the United States and Mexican flags. The disks represent the Mexican and Latin music Paco would “spin” over the local airwaves.
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A Life Cycle Story
“A Life Cycle Story” is an interactive sculpture of steel screen panels located near the south-facing exterior of Denver’s Smiley Branch Library. The artist, Maureen Hearty, plasma cut by hand a six-part story of the dandelion’s life cycle from steel sheet metal. The panels contain cut-outs of dandelion imagery that reflect a playful storyline of dandelions …
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Resonance
“Resonance” is a wall‐relief illumination artwork that signifies and celebrates the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre at Denver Performing Arts Complex in Downtown Denver, Colorado. It intends to be a soaring, luminescent threshold that captures the attention and imagination of those who walk beneath prior to attending a performance or simply when exploring the downtown area …
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True West
“True West” by Nick Geurts and Ryan Elmendorf of yetiweurks (Denver, CO) is an 11′ stainless steel, interactive, touch-based sculpture at Green Valley Ranch Town Center Park designed to inspire wonder and collaborative playfulness. This immersive, participatory art is comprised of a larger-than-life overhead compass, with its needle pointing west. Participants will see four stainless …
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The Yearling
1993, 20′ x 10′ x 10′, steel, fiberglass. This giant steel chair has a life-sized fiberglass horse standing on the seat, looking out as if on a promontory. It was conceived for children, to give them a jarring experience of scale, reminiscent of such literature as Gullliver’s Travels, or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It resides …