PEOPLE + PURPOSE PROGRAMS > CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS > ACTIVATION PROCESS + UNDERSTANDING CLIENTS + PARTNERS PRESS + MEDIA CONTACT > US HOME > PAGE PROGRAMS/CONSTRUCTION Recovering Equilibrium | Social Studies | Constellation of Cultures In the Eye of the Storm | Voice of the Homeless | Sense of Government | Family Voices/Austin | Strands of History | Chinatown Passages | Scripture Wall | Urban Talismans | Wall of Fame | Westlake Cultural Front URBAN TALISMANS Institution: Children of the Night---Los Angeles, California Funded by: The Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Located at a shelter for teenage runaways who have been lured into prostitution, this environmental art program is comprised of a symbolic beacon, metaphoric architectural inscriptions and talismanic word-structures that appear to support the portico overhead. The internally-illuminated word-structures---virtually burning abstractions of the word AWAY---become anthropomorphic protectors, warding away the predators who often attempt to reclaim their chattel. Constructed of perforated aluminum, internal neon illumination, and structural aluminum forms.