Artist: Christian Moeller Location: Korean Veterans Boulevard Roundabout Stix is 70’ tall and made of 27 red cedar poles, painted in stripes of various heights in four different colors: red, orange, light blue, dark blue, and light green. The poles are spaced in an irregular pattern throughout the surface area of the roundabout, and their verticality varies between 0º - 15º from the center axis. Fifteen up-lights are embedded into the landscaping to light up the sculpture at night, which results in a vibrant display of color, light and shadow. “Stix occupies almost the entirety of the available space and creates an overall volume of urban dimensions,” says Moeller. “Instead of developing an artwork for the roundabout, my goal became to turn the entire roundabout into an artwork. The result is a large structural piece characterized by color with unlimited 360º viewing angles, making the journey around this roundabout an exciting visual experience. What some people might read as a cluster of gigantic arrows fallen from the sky or scattered horse jumping rails is a piece of contemporary art, which will age beautifully given its composition of native hardwood and vibrant colors.” Moeller, a native of Frankfurt, Germany, was a professor at the State College of Design in Karlsruhe, Germany until moving to the United States in 2001. Currently he is a professor in the Department of Design/Media Arts at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) and operates his studio in Silver Lake, Calif.