Animorph 2024 Public Art. Sculpture. Video Wall.
installation View Abstract art celebrates animal welfare. Animorph, located the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center, is a public art installation featuring five large metal sculptures and a dynamic video display at the entrance. Abstracted, colorful portraits of animals, created using digital pixelation to avoid direct representation, showcases the shelter’s focus on animal welfare. Goat […]
Photon/s 2023 Public Art. Sculpture. Video Facade.
Looking upward Inspired by the essence of light and energy. Located in downtown Charlotte, this public art sculpture by Ivan Toth Depeña pays tribute to the very essence of light and energy: the photon. Situated in the urban plaza of the new Duke Energy Tower, the monumental, permanent installation, “Photon/s”, is set to become an […]
Towards a Fading Signal 2014 Installation. Dynamic.
Installation detail showing dots in motion Honors our connection to the sea, while showcasing Depeña’s innovative blend of technology and natural wonder. Using Flip-dot technology, once a staple in public transportation displays, Depeña constructs a dynamic installation celebrating humanity’s deep connection with the ocean. The work displays video footage with segments of literature and poetry […]
Hereafter 2005 Photography.
Surveillance-like, aerial documentation of obscure relationships between various urban and suburban subjects/objects. The tenous division between the natural and the man made is explored. The patterns and compositions created by these somewhat natural phenomena, the curiously placed human interventions and architecture are some of the things that I was interested in capturing during the production […]
Incidental Antinomies Series 2004 Video. Photo.
Untitled: Portrait Captures the choreography of lights and flora in urban nightscapes. After photographing nocturnal subject matter for some time, Depeña became consumed with the relationship between artificial lights and flora. Watching the movement and placements, the couple started to become more and more anthropomorphic, dancing and courting. A seemingly prearranged relationship forced by urban […]
Dystopian Diaries Series: Like Never Seems 2002 Video. Locust Projects.
Video Stills Composition Focusing on the built environment’s relationships and the interplay of time and space. Part of the “Dystopian Diaries” series of photographs, this video examines the subtle and often overlooked formal relationships that weave through our surrounding. The intricate choreography of time and space is another important element in this video.