SHIFT Wows Visitors at Wide Open Walls Mural Festival in Sacramento

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1 SHIFT Wows Visitors at Wide Open Walls Mural Festival in Sacramento Centerpiece installation fills inside of warehouse gallery show and Wall Ball donor party. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2017 Contact: John van Duyl at (510) High-resolution images available here: (SACRAMENTO, CA) SHIFT, a 6,400-square-foot pavilion designed by architect Jason A. Silva, AIA, design principal at Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture (D+B) and artist Ginger S. Thompson, project designer at D+B, was the centerpiece for the Wide Open Walls mural festival August 10-20, This was the fifteenth collaboration between Silva and Thompson for a Sacramento art program celebrating the city s range of artistic endeavors. Made up of over 1,000 individually folded sections of corrugated paper board, planks are stacked and angled to make narrow entry tunnels expanding into a large interior gathering space before opening into courtyard. Internally lit throughout, it provides an exploratory experience, guiding visitors through. In addition, further connecting this piece to the mural festival, a spray paint and marker mural was created by Thompson, divided into slices and distributed onto the ends of the individual planks. SHIFT is about veiled transparency: offering small windows but no whole picture, similar to the artist/viewer relationship during the creation of a mural. The space evokes flow through curved corridors and pauses in eddying ponds of space, said Thompson. Unveiled at the Wall Ball, the festival s donor and artist party, SHIFT provided an experiential space for artists and art supporters to connect and convene. We chose the SHIFT pavilion for the Wall Ball to encourage patrons to experience the space and the murals more interactively, said David Sobon, founder and producer of Wide Open Walls. The Wall Ball was held inside a

2 warehouse in the Mansion Flats neighborhood on August 19, and the pavilion was open to public through the end of the month. SHIFT is the duo s second installation this year, and features work with recycled corrugated material donated from PackageOne of Sacramento. The team s last installation was entitled Section and debuted at ArtStreet from February 3-25, 2017, at the historic Setzer lumber mill in Sacramento. About the Designers Both Silva and Thompson work at Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture and their numerous collaborations have included six pavilions and installations: BTWN (2012) and.wav (2013) at Launch Festivals; VOX (2014) and PiXL (2015) at TBD Festivals; and Section (2017) at ArtStreet in Sacramento. Images of past pavilions and installations: Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture (D+B), founded in 1950 in Sacramento, Calif., with an office in San Francisco, is a mid-size firm headquartered in the California capital. The firm serves corporate, public, and institutional markets with solutions achieved through collaboration and innovation. Committed to a sustainable future, D+B brings expertise in architecture, master planning, interiors, graphic design, and construction services. Current projects include UC Santa Cruz Upper Quarry Amphitheater Rehabilitation; Blue Diamond Growers Historic Office Renovations; Sacramento State University Union Expansion North, and Welcome Center. ###

3 The SHIFT Pavilion is composed of over 1,000 corrugated paperboard planks, built by volunteers over a two week period for the 2017 Sacramento Wide Open Walls Festival. Jason A. Silva, AIA and Ginger S. Thompson, both of Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture, designed and built the installation. Photo Jason A. Silva. View through the SHIFT Pavilion entrance portal. The 6,400-sq. ft. installation was built as the centerpiece for the 2017 Wide Open Walls mural festival in Sacramento inside a vacant warehouse. Photo Jason A. Silva.

4 A spray paint and marker mural painted by Ginger S. Thompson was segmented into 600 pieces and distributed across the end caps of the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion. Photo Jason A. Silva.

5 A spray paint and marker mural painted by Ginger S. Thompson was segmented into 600 pieces and distributed across the end caps of the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion. Photo Jason A. Silva. The corrugated planks of the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion formed an oculus framing an outdoor courtyard. The 6,400-sq. ft. installation was built as the centerpiece for the 2017 Wide Open Walls mural festival in Sacramento inside a vacant warehouse. Photo Will Smith.

6 The corrugated planks of the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion formed an oculus framing an outdoor courtyard. The 6,400-sq. ft. installation was built as the centerpiece for the 2017 Wide Open Walls mural festival in Sacramento inside a vacant warehouse. Photo Will Smith. Ginger S. Thompson and Jason A. Silva, both of Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture, designed and built the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion for the 2017 Wide Open Walls mural festival in Sacramento. Photo Will Smith.

7 View through the SHIFT Architecture Pavilion entrance portal. The 6,400-sq. ft. installation was built as the centerpiece for the 2017 Wide Open Walls mural festival in Sacramento inside a vacant warehouse. Photo Will Smith.