Moon gates in Chinese gardens were designed to evoke “spatial spirituality” as passageways between differing realms by artists Noreen Rei Fukumori and David Brenner. The living Moon Gate, designed by Habitat Horticulture for Hotel SLO, a new boutique hotel near Chinatown in San Luis Obispo, CA. is an imagined passageway inspired by Chinese culture – a bridge between San Luis Obispo and its past. Yet, it is a contemporary art form seeded and rooted in the present – framing an impressionistic, flourishing landscape of native plants in a continual cycle of growth, expiration, and regrowth.

Learn more about this artist collaboration between David Brenner and Noreen Rei Fukumori here:

https://hotel-slo.com/art-story/artist/?artist=brenner-fukumori