Major Public Art Installation Is “Unveiled” For Tampa’s Arts District
Design Media Arts professor Christian Moeller will be unveiling his new installation DOTS at The Henry, a student housing project in Tampa's Downtown Arts District.
The permanent 3-dimensional art installation, aptly named DOTS, was created by internationally renowned sculptor and artist, Christian Moeller. "TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa’s Downtown Arts District has a new artwork coming that will cover a “canvas” over 45’ tall and 113’ wide at The Henry, a purpose-built student housing project under construction on the corner of N. Ashley Drive and E. Tyler Street.
The permanent 3-dimensional art installation, aptly named DOTS, is massive in scale. It was created by internationally renowned sculptor and artist, Christian Moeller. The artwork will transform the building’s façade into an expansive bulletin board adorned with large pin-back buttons with no image or message––just color.
“My first visual reference was an urban-scale but dysfunctional abacus,” Moeller said. “I wanted to capture a snapshot of ongoing motion, an instant of process, which was so lively that it would take a moment for its stillness to register.”
DOTS will span the first 5 floors of the new 23-floor building and cover the parking garage on the south and west sides. There are exactly 119 aluminum alloy discs, each weighing 40 lbs. and measuring 70” in diameter. DOTS was designed and fabricated in California over the past 6 months by Moeller, and is being shipped to Tampa in a convoy of trucks." – Jun. 8, 2021
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