page_title: Athena Tacha
section_title: Latest executed commissions (2001–09)
hierarchical_section_title: Athena Tacha / Exhibitions / Latest executed commissions (2001–09)
caption_attribution_description: English: WWW-Tower, Wisconsin Place, Bethesda, MD/DC, designed by Athena Tacha, animated LEDs, 2001-09, in collaboration with Art Display Co. of Washington, and Arrowstreet Inc. &amp; CRJA of Boston (Photos Athena Tacha and Richard Spear)
context_page_description: Athena Tacha, is a multimedia visual artist. She is best known for her work in the fields of environmental public sculpture and conceptual art. She also worked in a wide array of materials including stone, brick, steel, water, plants, and L.E.D. lighting. photography, film, and artists’ books. Tacha's work focused on personal narratives, and often plays with geometry and form.
context_section_description: Victory Plaza, 2000–02, a 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m²) plaza with fountains in front of the American Airlines Center (in collaboration with SWA), Dallas, Texas
  STOP & GO: to Garrett Augustus Morgan, 2001–04, a plaza for Metrorail's Morgan Blvd. Station, Washington, DC
  Hearts Beat, 2002–04, a 350-foot (110 m) long ceiling of animated LEDs for a sky bridge between Grosvenor Metro station and the Strathmore Music Center, N. Bethesda, Maryland.
  Riding with Sarah and Wayne, 2004–06, a mile-long trackbed pavement for the Light Rail, Newark, New Jersey.
  Waterlinks II, 2006–08, a 16x28 ft. granite water wall at the University of Wisconsin’s Business School, Madison, Wisconsin.
  An amphitheater and two fountains for the Muhammad Ali Center Plaza (ca. 5000 m2), 2002–09, in collaboration with EDAW, AGA and Color Kinetics, Louisville, KY.
  A plaza pavement with a Light Obelisk Fountain in front of Bloomingdale's; an arcade ceiling, Light Riggings, with RGB animation; and a LED sculpture,  WWW-Tower, 2001-09—in collaboration with Arrowstreet Inc., CRJA and Art Display Co. -- for Wisconsin Place, a 5-acre (20,000 m²) development at Friendship Heights Metro station, Bethesda, Maryland.
caption: Athena Tacha, WWW-Tower", day and night (animated LEDs), Wisconsin Place, Bethesda, DC/MD (photo Richard Spear)
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