SELECTED WORK

PERSPECTIVE

2007         10’ diameter 3’ d

collaboration with Stuart Schechter
material: steel, stainless steel, acrylic, motor, LED lighting
architect: Perkins + Will
site: Dallas South Central Police Substation, Dallas, TX
commissioned by the Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
photographs by Clements/ Howcroft

Each of the descending rings in this sculpture embodies a notion of time and place.

The upper level illustrates both human and vehicular motion. Silhouettes on this ring reflect the passage in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, tracing human development: Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Young Adult, Adult, Old Age, and Final Days. It rotates once an hour.

Focusing on local flora and domestic architecture, the middle ring reflects a different realm of daily life, one that incorporates the physical infrastructure of our daily routine. It rotates once every eight hours, an average work shift.

The Dallas skyline dominates the lowest silhouette, which also includes outlines of other area icons. This is the realm of regional identity. Adjusted for scale, this ring revolves at the same speed of the earth, once every 24 hours.

The “sky beneath” offers a link between the earthly and the celestial.