This exhibition featured the work of Atelier Z in two commissioned installations.
This, the primary sculpture, featured the solo work of Fredrick H. Zal.
The second installation featured the collaborative work with LDS.

The purpose of Portland State University's "Young Turks Exhibition; WORKS CURRENT by portland's vanguard architects to reveal new perspectives" was to bring forward the emerging talent of both emerging and seasoned professional to a reasonably banal marketplace.

The installation, as with all of our work, was conceived to engage space and the tactile senses to synthesize a narrative for the three projects selected by the curators:
Fulton Station
Corian / duPont and
Kesser Israel



The inspiration for the piece came from a pile of found scrap steel in the industrial zone of portland's defunct ship building yards.
Rising like a phoenix, the steel was woven together to create a spire of fire.

b+w photography: Sebastian Garrido-Bor










TITLE: "Fire Spire"
MEDIA: Waste Steel and Finished Glass
SIZE: 12-feet x 5-feet x 4-feet
YEAR: 2002
VALUE: $12,000

PROJECT: young turks exhibition; WORKS CURRENT by portland's vanguard architects to reveal new perspectives
CURATOR: l. rudolph barton + clive knights
LOCATION: portland state university: auzen gallery; portland, oregon
DATE: march 2002