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Spring Mountains Visitors Gateway-Kyle Canyon, Mount Charleston, NV
Without looking through a polarizer or Polaroid sunglasses, the visitor sees a 75’ long silhouette of a mountain range all along the clearstory windows. But viewed through either a mountain-shaped polarized sculpture or handheld viewers, more than 150 species of plants and animals reveal themselves.
“All the panels are shaped to represent 18 iconic mountain peaks as they are seen from the Las Vegas valley. I started by depicting flora and fauna from lower elevations on the left and gradually increasing the animals and flora you would see at higher elevations as you go to the right.”
-Austine
Viewing through a handheld polarizing filter inside the building
Installed: 2015
Client: U.S. Park Service, Spring Mountain Visitors Gateway, Mt. Charleston, NV
Description/Materials: Interactive Polage art installed in clearstory windows
Size: 75 feet long, average panel height of 30”. 25 panels total
Special Features: Visitors can view the art through hand held viewers as well as through a standing polarized filter in the shape of a mountain range.
Outside the building, view of the windows
Austine designed the imagery to represent the flora and fauna typically found in the area. She included only one small indication of human presence. Can you find it within the 25 windows below?
