Documented artwork / architectural LED installation
Gravity and Grace
Credit as documented: Cliff Garten Studio
Gravity and Grace occupies the upper two bays of the parking structure above Central Place Plaza. Cliff Garten's 2018 LED artwork uses live environmental data to vary color, form and apparent motion across its 150-foot width. Color-field painting and blues guitar informed the composition. JBG SMITH and Arlington Public Art commissioned the installation as part of the broader Corridor of Light program.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2018
- Materials
- LED lights
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- 15 ft H × 150 ft W × 2 ft D.
- Dimensions apply to
- Documented object or named component scope only; no relocation/engineering specification. Source disagreements and architectural measurements remain explicitly qualified.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
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2018
Central Place Plaza parking structure, Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia
- Site
- Central Place Plaza parking structure, Rosslyn
- City
- Arlington
- State / region
- VA
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Commissioner
- JBG SMITH and Arlington Public Art
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Collaborators Norm Schwab of Lightswitch and Pablo N. Molina of PNM Designs developed the system; Jesse Gilbert of Dark Matter Media and Jesse Garrison of NightLight Labs contributed real-time content. A Notch engine runs on a Disguise GX1 server; Molina and Gilbert developed scheduling and data-feed software. Additional credits name Patrell Engineering and Barbara Brennan of 4Wall Entertainment.
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- www.cliffgartenstudio.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17