Research notes for project planning
What the project record tells us
Botanical sculpture · festival and civic exhibitions
Dandelion: botanical scale and changing effects
Cusolito traces Dandelion to the 2010 Infinitarium garden at Burning Man and records later exhibitions at San Francisco’s U.N. Plaza and Oakland’s Uptown Art Park. The mild and salvaged steel sculpture is listed at 24 feet tall with a 32-by-32-foot footprint. Originally designed with flame effects, the documented work also uses LEDs in its flower heads and leaves.
Karen Cusolito — Dandelion ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefWhich lighting or performance effects belong in the proposed setting, and how much surrounding space would be needed?
Big Art Partners planning prompt Figurative sculpture · performance, civic park and permanent exhibition
Ecstasy: from performance setting to long-term display
The artist dates Ecstasy to 2007 and identifies mild and salvaged steel as its materials. Its exhibition history includes The Crucible’s Fire Opera, Burning Man and a 2010–2012 presentation at Patricia’s Green in San Francisco. The page records a move into a permanent exhibition in Brazil in 2012, and lists the sculpture at 30 feet tall and nine US tons.
Karen Cusolito — Ecstasy ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefHow would the lifting plan, foundations and stewardship change between a temporary event and a long-term installation?
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