Earth Upon Water (1998)
Team of John Chicchetti, T. W. Weir, and Craig Cree Stone
DESCRIPTION: approx. 25-foot high mist tower sculpture, encircled by 3 94-inch high by 48-inch wide white concrete columns containing the following features:
This sculptural installation serves as the focal point of Hilltop Park, providing entertainment from the periodic mist tower, historical information on wall-mounted history panels, and historic and cultural silhouette images ("shadows" of local native Americans, an oil worker from the 1920s, and a farmer from the 1890s). The installation is surrounded by benches and viewing telescopes, as well as an active pumpjack at the north end of the park. Artist's statement: "This tower uses a mechanism to dispense mist a few times a day. Its design references the site's history of oil "gushers", current use as a source of water with an underground reservoir, and the feature for which Signal Hill was named, local Indian tribes used smoke signals to communicate with other locations, including Catalina Island." - Craig Cree Stone
- silhouette images
- 44-inch high by 9-inch wide apertures
- history panels
This sculptural installation serves as the focal point of Hilltop Park, providing entertainment from the periodic mist tower, historical information on wall-mounted history panels, and historic and cultural silhouette images ("shadows" of local native Americans, an oil worker from the 1920s, and a farmer from the 1890s). The installation is surrounded by benches and viewing telescopes, as well as an active pumpjack at the north end of the park. Artist's statement: "This tower uses a mechanism to dispense mist a few times a day. Its design references the site's history of oil "gushers", current use as a source of water with an underground reservoir, and the feature for which Signal Hill was named, local Indian tribes used smoke signals to communicate with other locations, including Catalina Island." - Craig Cree Stone
LOCATION: Hilltop Park, 2351 Dawson Avenue, Signal Hill, California, USA
