Here's my first permanent public artwork, "Periscopes."

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Here's my first permanent public artwork, "Periscopes." When you look through its bulbous lenses, you see scenes that might seem faraway, such as heron stalking their prey; but all of the footage was filmed (by me) within 10mi of its site at Buzzard Point in southwest Washington, D.C., USA.

I worked with a team to install this artwork yesterday. Steelwork by Steven R. Jones.

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Here's a video view that gives you a sense of what it's like to peer in the screen. The scenes are fairly still, changing every 30-60 seconds; not dynamic enough to watch like a video per se, but more like an ever-changing picture frame.

Artwork permalink with more videos: https://chriscombs.net/2025/09/24/periscopes/

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