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BUILDING BRIDGES OF FOG
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As part of the Exploratorium’s reopening in April 2013, Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has created a fog installation stretching across the 150-foot-long pedestrian bridge that spans the water between Piers 15 and 17. Water pumped at high pressure through more than 800 nozzles will create an immersive environment that shrouds participants in mist and puts their own senses, perception, and surroundings at the center of their experience. The work will be stunningly lit at night.

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About the Artist

Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya is the daughter of the physicist and science essayist Ukichiro Nakaya, renowned for his work in glaciology and snow crystal photography. Like her father, Ms. Nakaya’s lifelong artistic investigation engages the element of water and a sense of wonder. Working as part of the legendary group Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), she enshrouded the Pepsi Pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka in vaporous fog, becoming the first artist to create a sculptural fog environment.

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Since that first project, Nakaya has created fog gardens, falls, and geysers all over the world. You can experience her permanent fog landscapes at the Nakaya Ukichoro Museum of Snow and Ice in Ishikawa, Japan; the Australian National Gallery in Canberra; and the Jardin de L’Eau, in the Parc de la Villette, Paris. She recently created a fog sculpture for the GuggenheimMuseum in Bilbao and consulted with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the BlurBuilding for the Swiss Expo in 2002 on LakeNeuchatel. Nakaya has also collaborated with artists Trisha Brown, David Tudor, and Bill Viola to develop fog performances and stage sets.

In 2011 she made Cloud Parking in Linz, Austria. Here are some pictures of the project:

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Nakaya collaborated with Thomas Mee, a Los Angeles-based engineer, in developing her first fog installation in 1970. Mee had originally developed techniques for generating chemical-based artificial fog to protect orchards from frost. Through their collaboration and perseverance, Mee figured out a system for generating water-based artificial fog. The company he founded, Mee Industries, is now operated by his three children. Nakaya has been collaborating with them for the last forty years.

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April 17–September 16, 2013

via www.exploratorium.edu

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