civic.space

The public art of Marek Walczak and Wes Heiss

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Staplefield – more

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Staplefield is located in the Central Park Recreation Center at the heart of the Denver, Colorado neighborhood of Stapleton. Photo by Frank Ooms.
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Hanging in the central atrium of the building, its visible from all around.
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It acts as a dynamic model that mirrors the state of the building and its occupancy.
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An array of sensors locate movement in the various parts of the Center and software translates and choreographs that information back into an animated 3 dimensional illuminated field.
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View of the star cluster from below.
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At the top of the piece mirrored arms both hold up the columns of LEDs and conceal motion sensors that detect the movements below. Multiple sensors fire together to help generate a coherent animation within the piece as a whole
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Each vertical column is made of triangular circuit-boards with LEDs at each end. These multicolor LEDs produce any hue or intensity. When there are only a few people at the center the piece sparkles in their direction. When the center is populated and active the piece becomes fully animated.

 

our work


  • Facewall
    is a 42ft wide stainless steel sculpture integrated into the façade of the new arts and humanities building on the Chico State campus.

  • Animal Eyes
    are placed throughout the garden of the Berry Center. By looking into the eye of an animal, you see from its point of view.

  • 14th St Overlay
    is a public sculpture that’s part of the 14th Street Initiative in downtown Denver.

  • Thought Balloons
    Located at the entrance to Stapleton’s new Recreation Center, Thought Balloons creates an interactive dialog with people as they wait for others.

  • Staplefield
    acts as a dynamic model that mirrors the state of the building and its occupancy.

news

  • About Face

    About Face

    Civic.space are happy to announce a new public art commission for Wayne State College, Nebraska.    
  • The Shaker

    The Shaker

    Shaker, a magical yet seldom seen machine used for nut harvesting becomes a sculptural form filling the gallery.
  • Storytime

    Storytime

    A large sculptural monolith that displays texts that tell stories about time.
  • Berry Center Installation

    Berry Center Installation

    Some of the completed sculptures.
  • Facewall

    Facewall

    Walczak & Heiss have won the commission for Public Art at the University of California, Chico.
  • civic.space

    civic.space

    We have a new domain name that's easy: http://civic.space
  • Berry Center, Wyoming

    Berry Center, Wyoming

    We have won the commission for Public Art for the gardens of the Berry Center, Wyoming.
  • Cocktails

    Cocktails

    Johanna has written and illustrated some of Walczak & Heiss's favorite cocktails.
  • Imaginarium Playhouse

    Imaginarium Playhouse

    Wes and Nik Nikolov collaborated to create a playhouse.
  • 14th Street Completed

    14th Street Completed

    Our project : fourteenth street overlay has been completed.
  • 14th St Manual

    14th St Manual

    Some renderings for the manual of the various optical instruments and their innards.
  • Instrument

    Instrument

    Marek organised a large exhibition in a huge mill in South Sweden called "Instrument".
  • Interview

    Interview

    We are interviewed by the Untitled Art Show radio station about our project on 14th Street.
  • Plastic bronzes

    Plastic bronzes

    For the opening of 14th Street Overlay Wes made a bunch of pink plastic key-fobs of the castings!
  • The Red Wall

    The Red Wall

    Working with Wes’s students, we created our first anamorphic installation.
  • Tuesday

    Tuesday

    Wes and Angie have a daughter called Tuesday Gray Heiss-Fraleigh! She’s amazing.
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