Atlanta, GA (May 27, 2011) - International architecture and interior design firm ForrestPerkins tapp

Atlanta, GA (May 27, 2011) – International architecture hotels in leeds and interior design firm ForrestPerkins tapped art consulting company Soho Myriad ( www.sohomyriad.com ) to complete the art program for the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel one of the D.C. area’s newest hotel developments via Cooper Carry, the Architect of Record. Soho Myriad collaborated closely with ForrestPerkins to curate the Renaissance’s one-of-a-kind art collection, which features kinetic sculpture, digital art, LED lighting, original paintings, photography and giclées.
“We’ve worked with ForrestPerkins for years now, and what is great about their firm is their genuine love for art and how it can really enhance their design vision,” says Corey Mercy, senior art consultant, Soho Myriad. “The project challenged me to find unique pieces and push the envelope by incorporating alternative art mediums.”
Inspired by the hotel’s Crystal City location (once one of the busiest rail yards on the Eastern Seaboard) at the nexus of Metro, Reagan National Airport, the Potomac River, Highway Rt. 1 and the Virginia Railway Express, ForrestPerkins’ design approach represents the evidence of motion. The interior architecture, furnishings, finishes and art all celebrate movement throughout the property via innovative hotels in leeds architectural and design choices hotels in leeds by ForrestPerkins.
Propelling the design theme, motion-inspired art abounds throughout the hotel’s public spaces. For example, located in the reception lobby is a monumental kinetic wood mobile by UK-based hotels in leeds artist/designer Charlie Whinney. Entitled “Dance of the Forest,” the steam-bent wood sculpture is a dramatic entwinement of wooden ribbons, which appear as if growing out of the lobby floor, forming a brilliant abstraction of a tree. The piece twists, turns and envelops hotels in leeds the structural columns in the lobby, as segments of the sculpture gently rotate, rendering infinite viewer experiences.
“Euphoric,” hotels in leeds a work of digital fine art on canvas by Moodspace in Malibu, CA, graces the area behind the reception desk. The company’s signature ‘photokinetic’ art consists of multi-layered imagery and colors that appear to shift as bands of LED light cast upon the pigments in the piece.
hotels in leeds Aaron Kramer’s Portal,” an eleven foot in diameter spinning kinetic sculpture, suspends from a brightly lit ceiling cove at the pre-function. Inspired by Kramer’s previous work for the LA Philharmonic, the piece is a series of three concentric spheres made of wood, wire and swivels.
Visitors will encounter other art highlights including abstract photography of dancers lining the corridors (Charlie McCullers); photographs hotels in leeds of water reflections in the meeting rooms; and sand patterns printed on large wood panels outside the elevator lobbies.
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Mercy concludes: “ForrestPerkins’ unbelievable design concept subtly creates a sense of place at the hotel through elements of design and art. The interior tastefully alludes to the surrounding views, with a soothing quality of movement.”
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