Virginia San Fratello was commissioned to create a new, site-specific installation for the Art Kiosk about the Bay Area. “Plaid” conflates the agricultural history of Santa Clara County with the contemporary technological focus of the region. The Plaid structure is composed of 300 state-of-the-art glass rods from Solyndra that are connected with 3D-printed nodes. The tubes are filled with liquids that represent some of the most prolific crops grown in the county including cabernet and chardonnay grapes, spinach, turmeric, oyster mushrooms, and spinach. The colorful tubes are woven together to create a festive 3-dimensional plaid structure that brings together the past and the future, high-tech and low-tech, liquid and light. Project Team: Virginia San Fratello, Cody Glen, Mattias Rael