Mall B Installation

Peter North and Alissa North of North Design Office were selected by a panel of art, design, and civic leaders to transform Mall B for the next two years. The selection panel was impressed the Norths' design because they innovatively linked Cleveland's industrial heritage with its goals for an environmentally sustainable future. The design interacts with the lakefront and connects to the wind turbine in a way that is visually engaging while encouraging viewers to reconsider how the cityscape is connected to the natural resources that shape it.

In the words of the artists, the "strips of dynamic grasses celebrate the inseparability of Cleveland to the Cuyahoga River, and its waterfront location on Lake Erie. Alluding to moving water, and responding to wind and weather, the linear patterning of grasses recounts the cargo ships that line the river as the lifeblood of Cleveland.....The fabricated steel frames are derived from the city's renowned relationship to the steel industry. The forms are fluid and organic in nature to capture the sense of evolution toward green technologies."