In this 2012 A.R.T. blog we meet veteran Artisans Road Trip artisan Bill Lieb from Spirit Lake; here Bill speaks on his latest current work!
"Last month we finished our
newest public kinetic sculpture and temporarily installed it in our
driveway to test its stability and action in heavy winds. The sculpture
is titled "Wind Time, when time is controlled by the wind". It is
fourteen feet tall overall and weighs over eight hundred pounds. Its
galvanized, pyramid-shaped base is ten feet tall and fabricated from
one-half inch thick steel plate. The top three kinetic sections are made
of re-purposed stainless steel. Each of these rotates and modulates in a
seemingly haphazard manner in response to changing wind conditions.
This can have a mesmerizing effect on the viewer. The permanent location
for "Wind Time" will be determined at a later date.
To watch "Wind Time, when time is controlled by the wind", click on the video below!
In
the distant past we cruised on a small sailboat for five years. During
that time we became intimately connected to the wind and experienced
it's profound influence on our daily lives. Whatever we did at that time
was done in concert with the wind. For me, in an abstract way, this
sculpture depicts wind controlling time. Each person viewing the
sculpture will undoubtedly make his own connections. "Wind Time" is the
tenth public sculpture we have constructed and displayed over the past
six years."
Thanks again for visiting news and views about artists of the 2012 Artisans Road Trip. Be sure and check back for more from 2012 A.R.T.!
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