Airport Carpet Aerials

Flying Carpet
CSU, Chico's Geographical Information Center (GIC) was involved in an unusual art project last year for the Sacramento International Airport. The project was proposed by Seyed Alevi, a San Francisco Bay Area artist trained at San Jose State University and the San Francisco Art Institute.

Summary
The project integrated an aerial view of the Sacramento River that was woven into a carpet and installed on the floor of the pedestrian bridge connecting Terminal A and the parking garage. The image represents approximately 50 miles of the Sacramento River between Colusa, California and a point just south of Hamilton City, near Chico. The GIC provided a color digital mosaic of the river and Ulster Carpet of Ireland produced the carpet. The piece is appropriately titled Flying Carpet and is a snapshot of the river with associated riparian vegetation and surrounding agriculture. More information can be found at Seyed Alevi's website

Summary

The project integrated an aerial view of the Sacramento River that was woven into a carpet and installed on the floor of the pedestrian bridge connecting Terminal A and the parking garage. The image represents approximately 50 miles of the Sacramento River between Colusa, California and a point just south of Hamilton City, near Chico. The GIC provided a color digital mosaic of the river and Ulster Carpet of Ireland produced the carpet. The piece is appropriately titled Flying Carpet and is a snapshot of the river with associated riparian vegetation and surrounding agriculture. More information can be found at Seyed Alevi's website

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