Experience Kara Walker’s new commission, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), which considers the memorialization of trauma, the objectives of technology, and the possibilities of transforming the negative energies that plague contemporary society. Watch the processes and experiments that drive Walker’s newest public work and discover its connections to the cultural history of the Bay Area.
Special Thanks: Kara Walker Studio
Design: Kara Walker and Mike Koller
In-house fabrication: Justice Thomas
Project management: Petra Schmidt
Registration: Allison Calhoun
Exhibition Production
Technical lead: Noah Feehan
Automata design and build: Hypersonic
Costume design: Gary Graham
Furniture fabrication: New Project
Upholstery: Stitchroom
Excavation: Broderick General Engineering
Additional thanks to Obsidian Wine Co.
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