If you have to social distance (which you do) — then why not make it pretty? That’s San Francisco’s thought process, it seems. And we dig it.
Now 19 eye-catching spheres span the lawns of Yerba Buena Gardens — these ‘explosions of color’ stenciled into the grass are entitled “Infinite Center, infinite sun” and are by local artist Tosha Stimage.
Each pattern is created with grass-safe paint, with a repeating pattern that expands outward from a central point, row by row, into the esplanade.
“The design can be interpreted a number of ways — that’s always the intention,” said Stimage. “Seeds parachuting from a dandelion, the pull of a magnet, a star exploding, even molecules colliding. The image is just a symbol, where there ceases to be a point. It is the suggestion of infinite love radiating from each center, in a mutually shared space.”
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Stimage’s work is the first in what will be a series of installations on the lawn by the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, the nonprofit organization that oversees operations of Yerba Buena Gardens. Her installation will be on display through October 25, slowly fading with the natural growth of the grass to make way for the next installation by artist and architect June Grant starting November 13.
“Tosha inspires us through the beauty of her artistry and her deep commitment to social change,” says YBCA Chief of Program Meklit Hadero. “Since the uprisings began she has been raising money, making care packages, and creating floral arrangements for protestors.”
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