Two Berkeley-based artists who explore scientific phenomena, including earthquakes, are expected to contribute to the design of the first public park to be built in San Diego under the city's new downtown community plan.
A five-person panel appointed by the city of San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture yesterday recommended that Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen join the design team led by Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects for the East Village park. The park, which will be built along 14th Street between Island and J streets and straddle an earthquake fault, is to adjoin Pinnacle International's planned development of two high-rise residential towers.
Wang and Bertelsen, currently artists in residence at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, were among 22 teams who applied for the $160,000 public art project. Pending a signed contract, they will begin work in July. The panel selected a team led by San Diego artist Roman de Salvo as the alternate.
