This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance, 2019
San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel
Comprised of over 3,500 individual, kite-like ellipses, Jacob Hashimoto’s immersive sculpture floats between two floors above the restaurant dining area in an undulating, interwoven canopy. This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance transforms as images of earth, sea, and various graphics give way to a gradient of translucent whites, revealing what the artist envisioned as “a cloud of kites, and a landscape of air and earth, painted at the edge of the sky.” The work creates the impression of a landscape drifting in and out of visibility through clouds, or slowly becoming subsumed by a descending marine layer. Other references include video games, virtual environments, cosmology, systems and languages of representation, nature, art, technology and architecture.
“It’s a huge honor to be able to participate with the city of San Francisco to create a site specific sculpture for the Grand Hyatt at SFO,” says Hashimoto. “This cloud-like sculpture is a kind of visual bridge, binding the airport, tarmac, and sky, hopefully providing a quiet, peaceful moment for travelers and visitors. It’s great to be part of the gateway to the city.”
