The Transporter is 90% recycled from last years project, the Peace Wall. It will feature 25 hexagonal panels suspended 12ft above our heads.

The Peace Wall featured a painting depicting the story of the Phoenix and it’s 100 year rebirth cycle. It was done in collaboration with the Peace Project, a non-profit organization out of Culver City, CA that helps raise funds to aid war stricken victims of the people in Sierra Leon. Thus, the image of the Phoenix was rendered to tell the cyclical story of peace.

This year, the Transporter is being restructured with the same materials and equipment to illustrate the passage of time. The 12 astrological symbols with 4 stars illustrate the passing of a year. At night, you will be mesmerized by the slow changing color scheme above your heads.

Transporter is brought to you by Abram Santa Cruz and crew. Abram’s work draws from his many years as a graphic designer, photographer and painter. By combining photography with painting and lighting, Abram has created works that are bold, bright, yet intense. While staying focused on his strengths in these new mediums, Abram is always searching for ways to enhance and exceed his own high creative standards. Never satisfied with the outcome, Abram has been known to work for days on end to achieve the ultimate goals of his artistic endeavors.

While many of his works are either graphic interpretations, paintings or photographic images, the new direction his artwork is taking combines these disciplines and skills, creating dramatic images on both large and small scale. Abram’s unique mélange of mediums adds to the beauty of his pieces working with materials like liquid plastic, liquid porcelain and oil paint mixture. He creates transparent prints and silk screens on glass then back-lights them.

Environmental Note: Abram goes to great lengths to ensure that his artwork complies with environmental standards. Glass and materials are sourced from demolition yards whenever possible and all of the frames are locally handcrafted using FSC certified (responsibly forested or recycled) hardwood, and a hand painted using non-toxic or low VOC paints and back-lit using LED’s.