All About the Art

Known for his LED light installations including the iconic Salesforce Tower, San Francisco-based artist Jim Campbell created a 32-foot high sculpture designed to shape the COMMUNITY space at LUMA and be readable from multiple vantage points inside and outside the hotel. Wanting the sculpture to be activated at all times, Jim was inspired by the Mission Creek Channel running along the property to create a waterfall - a degrading spiral that represents the ceaseless movement of water while evoking a sense of airy weightlessness. At night, human figures are visible slowly climbing the waterfall. | Located on the first floor in COMMUNITY.

"Herbarium" is inspired by the records of Hans Herman Behr, a young physician and naturalist who settled in San Francisco in 1850 and described a vibrant and verdant ecosystem along the edges of the Bay. Composed of fauna endemic to Mission Bay, many of which species may still be found in the persistently wild corners of the city, the sculpture represents the natural history that persists as the urban plan grows and evolves. The bright colors both contrast and complement the architecture of the hotel, while referencing the spectrum of the city - the orange of California poppies and the Golden Gate Bridge, the blues of fog and the Bay, and the yellow of wild yarrow and mustard. | Located outside the hotel, on Channel Street.