Building 180 had another amazing year!
Meow Wolf took ownership of our beloved whale, Ethyl. We completed over 50 projects, including our first international installation with MASSIVart, made the Guinness Book of World Records, dedicated Heartfullness Vegas to the City of Las Vegas, continued our artist-in-residence programs and
attended and participated in dozens of incredible art events... and that's not all! Read on to see some of our 2019 highlights. We'd love to hear about your highlights too! Feel free to respond to this email and be sure to follow us on instagram
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What we're most proud of is building a community of incredibly talented artists, friends and collaborators. Like you! Thank you for all of your support.
Best wishes and Happy New Year,
Meredith & Shannon
Xintiandi Light Festival: Shanghai, CN
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Constellation by Christopher Schardt at Ruihong World, Hall of the Moon, Shanghai
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Building 180 executed its first international production with MASSIVart in Shanghai, China. Constellation by Christopher Schardt was on display through at Ruihong World in Shanghai’s Hongkou district. The 26' LED canopy is part of Xintiandi's
Light Art Festival in collaboration with Modern Sky Lab.
Knotel: Los Angeles, CA
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Knotel's Showroom on Olive St. in downtown Los Angeles
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We teamed up with Knotel to curate their showroom in downtown Los Angeles. Muralist Cecilia Romero and textile artist Rachel
Hayes installed their vibrant work, which compliments the vibes of sunny LA. Stay turned for more collaboration between Building 180 and Knotel in 2020.
Public Art Program: Fremont, CA
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Tigre Bailando at the opening event for The Solacii in downtown Fremont, CA
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Working with artist Tigre Bailando, Building 180 produced The Solacii in downtown Fremont as part of the
city's rotational public art program. The Solacii will be on display through June 2021.
Artist-in-Residencies: Boulder Creek, CA + Portola Valley, CA
Our artist-in-residence programs at Ananta (Boulder Creek, CA in collaboration with CIIS) and Agapolis (Portola Valley, CA) brought forth incredible work from 8 different artists working in a range of mediums. Ananta Artists-in-Residence: Jon Gold, Camila Magrane and Viktor Castro. Agapolis Artists-in-Residence: Johnna Arnold, Taliesin Gilkes-Bower, Ala Mohseni, Taro Hattori
and Trevor Bahnson.
Ananta Artist in Residence Showcase, May 2019 (left photo). From left to right: Shannon Riley, Meredith Winner, Tomy Lorsch, Viktor Castro, Jon Gold, Ashton Arnoldy, Tina Thakur, Matt Segal, Carolyn Cooke
AB180 Artist in Residence Showcase, June 2019 (right photo): From left to right: Cory Rae Shaw, Meredith Winner, Ala Mohseni, Johnna Arnold, Taliesin Gilkes-Bower, Taro Hattori,
Shannon Riley, Kevin Chapelle
SFCC + Meow Wolf: Santa Fe, NM
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Ethyl is introduced at the Santa Fe Community College on Earth Day, 2019
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Meow Wolf acquired Ethyl in 2019 where she was moved from San Francisco, CA to Santa Fe, NM. The sculpture, created by artists Joel Dean Stockdill and Yustina Salnikova in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Hub San Francisco,
produced by Building 180 is currently installed at the Santa Fe Community College. We couldn't be more excited to have this important work in the hands of an organization we so admire.
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The Blue Whale Crew in Santa Fe, NM. Photo by Kate Russell of Meow Wolf.
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Top Row from Left: Shannon Riley, Yustina Salnikova, Meredith Winner, Joel Dean Stockdill, Makoto Iwagishi. Bottom Row from Left: Tiffany Angus, Sally Coassin, Michael Ward.
ZeroSpace: New York, NY
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Parastella by Christopher Schardt, installed at ZeroSpace, NYC
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Building 180 brought Bay Area artist, Christopher Schardt's work to NYC. Parastella, a 28' diameter disc composed of over 14,000 LEDs is installed at the immersive show, ZeroSpace in midtown Manhattan.
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Schardt's piece, Paraluna (like Parastella, but with spinning) debuted at Burning Man 2018 and returned in 2019.
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Atlassian + Twitch: Bay Area, CA
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Artists Capt. (James Stovall) and Frances Berry create a collaborative mural for Atlassian, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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AB180 Artist-in-residence graduate "Capt." and his collaborative partner Frances Berry team up to create 3 murals for Atlassian, Inc. in Mountain View, CA.
Capt. also created a new custom mural at Twtich's HQ in San Francisco.
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Capt.'s mural @ Twitch HQ, San Francisco, CA
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BLINK: Cincinnati, OH
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The Rainbow Bridge under the Roebling Bride in Cincinnati, OH for BLINK 2019
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The Rainbow Bridge by Looking Up Arts Foundation made its way to Cincinnati, OH as part of BLINK, a public light art-based festival in October. Cincinnati and neighboring Covington, KY hosted dozens of art installations over a 3-day event.
Building 180 was thrilled to lead the team on the ground and experience this incredible event. A huge thanks to our partners at The Cincinnati Chamber, Agar, Brave Berlin, Artswave and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Hail Jr. Foundation.
Blink Crew: Artists Josh Zubkoff and Srikanth Guttikonda, Meredith Winner, Shannon Riley, Michael "Z" Weinstock, Soma Holiday, Keegan Olton, Sova Novak, George Geoken, Kendrick Feller, James Calleton
Burning Man: Black Rock City, NV
This year we were fortunate to get back to our roots and build with some amazing artists on playa. Shannon worked with Tyson Ayers on The Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance (pictured
left). Meredith worked with Matt Schultz and the Pier Group on Head Maze (pictured right).
We already have a lot on the horizon for 2020. We'll be kicking off the new year in Las Vegas, installing custom work by HYBYCOZO at Area 15, decking out Twitch's offices in San Francisco and Seattle and revamping our efforts to install Pier
Into The Past, a public art installation for Pier 3 in San Francisco with Hornblower Cruises & Events and artist Katy Boynton, which utilizes over 25 tons of metal from the decommissioned Bay Bridge.
Oh! And remember to take care of yourself and each other.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
-The Building 180 Team
