Gadeken combines metal fabrication with lighting, movement, and interactive systems. His tree-like Entwined installations create gathering places in parks and festival settings.
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interactive sculpture, light art, metal sculpture, kinetic sculpture
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San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
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Public park · San Francisco, California
Entwined Meadow: a park installation with changing configurations
Gadeken’s Golden Gate Park documentation describes illuminated metal trees and flower clusters, supported by the San Francisco Parks Alliance and the city’s recreation and park department. The 2020–21 and 2021–22 descriptions have different tree counts and features. Dimensions and quantities should be tied to the specific exhibition version.
What configuration would serve the available paths, gathering areas and operating hours?
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Outdoor sculpture · festival and civic presentations
Aurora: a large canopy of light
The artist describes Aurora as a 30-foot-tall willow form with a 40-foot canopy, 40,000 LEDs and hand-worked copper leaves. His exhibition history includes Burning Man in 2011 and Palo Alto City Hall from 2013 to 2015. These are precedents for a substantial outdoor light sculpture, not a present availability statement.
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Charles Gadeken is based in San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. Documented disciplines include interactive sculpture, light art, metal sculpture, kinetic sculpture.
