![]() “It has transformed how we see light nowadays and that is very exciting. To Corson the blue circles are “auras” or “halos” - perfect partners in his “celebration” of the advent of LED technology. Then, grinning slyly, he said, “I am both a diva and thick-skinned.” Personally I’d prefer triangles.”Ĭorson, 51, a Seattle-based, public artist for more than 20 years, comically seethes when he warns, “don’t call them blue doughnuts.” Public artists can’t be “divas,” he explained and they also need to be tough-minded. “I say those round, blue things are just ugly as hell. “I can’t decide if they’re doughnuts or tires,” said Ames, who also complained about the constant presence of machinery that have been making his speedy, scooter passages more tricky. “I ride through here every day,” groused Mike Ames, zooming on a handicap scooter under the looming freeway, “and I have to see nothing but endless, blue circles.”Īmes was referring to what looks like dozens upon dozens of floating, huge, blue doughnuts, painted on the underside ceiling and concrete pillars, making amateur art critics pout for months. “Sensing You” is really a visual representation of high tech connections,” said Corson,” that surround us in Silicon Valley.”įor months, the prep work accompanying the public art has been the subject of reactions ranging from giddy anticipation to absolute abhorrence. That one, also by Corson, lights up a broad, slanted painted surface that conjures up the contemplative state of water.Įaston said the Santa Clara Street “gateway became a focal point as the place to make people feel safe and excited about coming into town.” Soon, another connection will be made to the lights through the use of cellphones that will make the underside of the Guadalupe Freeway boogie in an entirely different way. The Guadalupe Freeway presentation is a companion piece to “Sensing Water,” a block away - still under Hwy. They are the same patterns happening in technology as we move through space.” ![]() ![]() ![]() “The ceiling becomes animated and filled with patterns of light and movement. “There are up to 35 different light reactions,” said visual artist Dan Corson, the creator behind “Sensing You,” - the loved and hated public art display that officially opens Friday night. Caltrans insisted that the blinkers do not include “traffic” light colors yellow, red and green. While the lights don’t actually read emotions, they could - by chance - portray a perfect match as anyone (not in a motor vehicle) goes under sensors and set the overhead lights a-blazing. A solitary soul might get spirit-lifting circular visuals while a feuding couple might inspire some version of thunder and lightning. Now, anyone walking or biking through that concrete cave will be accompanied by a riot of spinning, blinking, pulsing lights all reacting to whatever human traffic is present.Īs hopeful Sharks fans head to the SAP Center, the lights on the ceiling under the four lane underpass might throb with a titillating teal. SAN JOSE - From now on, walking into or out of downtown along Santa Clara Street will no longer be some somber shuffling affair underneath a dingy freeway.
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