Popstar and Hugs & Kisses

LOCATION
Long Beach, CA
YEAR
2023
CLIENT
Art Renzei and Long Beach Walls
PROGRAM
Urban Intervention, Interactive Public Art
DESIGN TEAM
James Shen, He Zhe, Zang Feng, Lin Mingkai in collaboration with Jennifer Tran

Popstar is a golden sculpture consisting of inflatable kaleidoscopes pointed in all directions and at differing heights. Participants who peer through the tubes are given distorted views of each other and their surroundings.

Hugs and Kisses consists of large inflatable components of the game Tic Tac Toe. Intended to be used in unprescribed ways, the size and lightness of the grids, x’s and o’s inspire a range of play and rest.

The inflatables were installed in Lincoln Park in Downtown Long Beach for the 2023 Art Renzei and Long Beach Walls festival.

Photo by Beryl Cahapay

Photo by Brandon Shigeta