Documented artwork / site-specific kinetic aerial installation

Liquid Shard

Suspended reflective strands reveal air movement above a public square. The installation was developed for views from street level and surrounding offices, making wind visible at urban scale.

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Year / version: 2016
Materials: holographic mylar, monofilament
Documented setting: outdoor
Dimensions: 15,000 square feet; two layers rising from 15 to 115 feet above ground
Dimensions apply to: Pershing Square installation, July 28–August 11, 2016.
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2016
Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California
Site
Pershing Square
City
Los Angeles
State / region
CA
Country
United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
Setting
outdoor
Start date
2016-07-28
End date
2016-08-11
Date meaning
documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-16.
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How this work was made and presented

Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 2016

A temporary aerial work tailored to two viewpoints

Poetic Kinetics explains that Liquid Shard was designed for viewers beneath Pershing Square and people looking down from adjacent offices. Wind animated its suspended layers during the July–August 2016 presentation, revealing air movement across an urban space. The studio credits NOW Art LA with securing the location and describes the installation as completed overnight. The viewing geometry and installation timing belong to this particular square; they are useful questions for commissioning, rather than a standard touring package.

Poetic Kinetics — Liquid Shard ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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Which ground-level and upper-story sightlines matter at the proposed site, and what access window is available for installation?

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AA Visiting School Los Angeles / Poetic Kinetics, July 2016

A workshop became a time-constrained public commission

In a first-person account, AA Visiting School Los Angeles director Eulalia Moran describes adapting a student workshop when Pershing Square became available shortly before it began. Students studied the site, tested models and combined proposals through a jury that included city and arts-organization representatives. After selection, the team had two days to assemble material and one night to lift it. This specific production history connects education, client review and public-space logistics without establishing a repeatable delivery timetable.

Eulalia Moran, project director — first-person account on Archinect ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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What milestones for site approval, design review and fabrication would a comparable collaborative commission need before installation?

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Outdoor sculpture & installations ↗Kinetic sculpture and installations ↗