Art in the Public Eye The Making of Dark Star Park

This piece documents the process behind the creation of Holts major public art installation Dark Star Park in Arlington Virginia The park which features giant concrete spheres and pipes allows the visitor to reconsider the experience of space earth and sky within an urban context It also serves as a kind of contemporary Stonehenge once a year on August 1 at 930 am the shadows of the objects exactly align with outlines on the ground Interviews with the artist the architects engineers contractors and the public among others reveal Dark Star Park as both a public sculpture and a functioning park that reclaims a blighted urban environment