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Called "Eureka!", it's an audio-kinetic sculpture by George Rhoads. Basically, a screw device (blue) lifts balls up to the top of the sculpture. From there, the balls travel somewhat randomly over a number of paths before they reach the bottom and come back up again. There are a number of signs around it which give you a number of details:
George Rhoads is a multi-talented artist of international renown and the creator of original works of art. His sculptures are widely recognized as popular music artworks that incorporate technology while retaining their aesthetic integrity.
Eureka! was commissioned by Discovery Networks and constructed at Rock Stream Studios in Ithaca, New York.
We invite you to take a few minutes to pause and explore this imaginative triumph of technological wizardry. |