Water Forms - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA
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"Water Forms" by George Baker is an abstract sculpture in the reflecting pool by the Robert Millikan Memorial Library on the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. It is also an elaborate fountain.
Waymark Code: WM1NNZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2007
Views: 119
Commissioned by an independent arts committee consisting of alumni, emeriti, and other friends of the Institute, this kinetic fountain graces the pool adjoining Millikan Library.
The water features are powered by a central pump controlled by a motorized valve. The sculpture composition hovers low over the water and is over 25 feet (8m) long.
Nearly all of the visible stainless steel shapes move--some rock while others slowly spin. The mysterious source of this motion is simply the alternate filling and emptying of two hidden water chambers by a pair of submersible pumps.
George Baker has been making large sculpture while teaching at Occidental College in Los Angeles beginning in 1965. His use of the studios there has been advantageous both for him and for the students who have taken his classes. Virtually all of theseS large commissions were completed with students and former students hired to do all of the planning and fabrication.
Title: Water Forms
Artist: George Baker
Media (materials) used: Stainless Steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Library of the California Institute of Technology
Date of creation or placement: 1991
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