Developers, however, are confident the compelling large-scale sculpture will engage people and enhance their experience at Lowry and Hangar 2. It remains uncertain if the project has overwhelming neighborhood support. The ambitious project to enliven the Hangar 2 development at Lowry is a project of Hartman Ely Investments in partnership with Larimer Associates. First landing and inauguration took place at Burning Man 2009, and the sculpture subsequently appeared for Yuri’s Night at NASA Ames before going on display at the Embarcadero in San Francisco for more than two years.
The 40-foot tall art piece is a rococo-futuristic, highly stylized vision of space travel circa 1930s-1940s science fiction. and Rampart Way following last February’s Chronicle article. Landing site for the rocket was moved from its original planned location in front of the Luce Condos at the corner of East Academy Blvd. Academy Blvd.ĭesign and construction of a Spaceport - a structural and visual base - is currently underway in front of the Beer Garden and adjacent to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. Ground zero is the parking lot directly in front of the Lowry Beer Garden at 7577 E. Thank god for artists and rocketships.The countdown is on: The 40-foot-tall Raygun Gothic Rocketship first revealed by the Chronicle last February is landing in Lowry this May. If this is the future of art, then expect museums to follow suit and develop new, innovative experiences for its visitors. Although I don’t live in San Francisco, I feel a real connection to this sculpture. Regardless of location, whether its Pier 14 or SFMoMA – contemporary art can now live beyond the in-person experience. What if the Mona Lisa blogged? What if Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh offered recipes or drink suggestions? Raygun Gothic Rocket serves it all. It blogs, it has a complete website, it integrates Flickr, and it encourage people to share, to speak, to appreciate via Twitter and Facebook.Īrt that lives on beyond the physical experience? Art that talks back to its viewer through the artist or educators or curators? Will art from now on help shape its own digital destiny and archives? Raygun Gothic Rocketship has already inspired blog posts, tweets, Facebook discussions, photography, drawing, paintings, graphic design and lots more. Weeks later, I discovered that the installation also lives online (like all of us). The installation made perfect sense to me, in this spot, during this time.
I might have hummed the tune to The Jetsons. The retro feel of it took me back to my childhood, where I watched Flash Gordon over and over. I snapped this photograph and strolled along the pier, feeling lucky to have found this piece. Imagine my excitement and happiness when I discovered Raygun Gothic Rocketship by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor and David Shulman on Pier 14 in San Francisco, California. As exciting as that sounds, I decided to pop out for a stroll and some fresh ocean air, camera by my side. I was recently on the west coast of the US for work, sitting in my hotel room one evening, cranking out emails, reviewing web pages, and writing out project plans.
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