Video: "Weather Lighthouse" - kinetic sculpture by Eric Gazman
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The kinetic sculpture "Weather Beacon", which appeared in New York in May this year, literally turns weather into art. This amazing piece, created by Erik Guzman, works 24 hours a day and reacts to the slightest changes in air temperature, wind strength and direction and other meteorological indicators, changing its appearance.
According to the author, his "Weather Beacon" is "a huge sculpture that translates weather data into graceful movement of machinery and glowing lights." The principle of this work is as follows. The sculpture is connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi, from where constantly updated weather data comes. The software transforms this information into a system of movements and color flashes. And so -7 days a week and 24 hours a day.
The sculpture is under glass, on which everyone can read the "decryption" of its appearance. So, if the bulbs flash white, then there is severe frost in the yard, green lights indicate a temperature of about 15 degrees Celsius, and a bright orange color lights up when the thermometer crosses the +35 mark.
According to Eric Gazman, his sculpture, on the one hand, is entertainment for the audience, on the other, a demonstration of the capabilities of modern technologies, and on the third, visualization of the invisible forces of nature. The Weather Beacon, set on May 3, is expected to remain in Manhattan through December 31, 2010.
Eric Gazman was born in Puerto Rico in 1973. Graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a master's degree in sculpture. The author is fond of creating kinetic sculptures and during 9 years of his creative activity he took part in more than 50 art events.
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