Mikoshi (2007) 

Jeffery Laudenslager

DESCRIPTION:   approx. 15-foot high by 15-foot diameter stainless steel kinetic sculpture 

'Mikoshi' is the Shinto religion term for a sacred portable enclosure and wheel-less vehicle or palanquin.
Two additional public artworks are also located in the Scripps Memorial Hospital parking lot area:  "Family Tree by the Sea" (circa 2007) by Carolyn Guerra"The Maypole Tree" (2013) by Fritzie Urquhart
LOCATION:  parking lot, Scripps Memorial Hospital, 354 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas, California, USA