This large audiokinetic sculpture is the centerpiece of the atrium of Strawberry Square which is a small mall next to the capital building. No matter what entrance you use, just follow the sounds and you will then be within sight of it. There is a poster with information (full text below) and it seems to have misspelled the name of the device as the artist website has the correct spelling.
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The Chockablock Clock was installed at Strawberry Square in 1988. It is an "Audiokinetic Sculpture" created by artist George Rhoads in collaboration with Bob McGuire of Rock Stream Studios in Ithica, New York. The artist has hidden no deep meaning in the maze of tracks and devices. There is no set pattern of motion and sound. The Random action is achieved by using pendulum switches.
Chockablock Clock is a forty foot tower in which numerous pool balls run through a maze that is several hundred feet long, activating a series of sound and motion devices: chimes, xylo bars, bells, wood blocks, drums, helices, a "bounce & catch" and more. With each piece of sculpture that Rhoads and McGuire produce, they try to create at least two new mechanical devices. Here, they have come up with an entire clock striking mechanism that chimes on the hour, has a cuckoo and four large, motor-driven rotating shapes at the top.
Rhoads is a painter, illustrator and sculptor, and has been creating "ball machines" and related wind sculptures for more than two decades. McGuire is a former teacher who founded Rock Stream Studios in 1975 to produce stained glass.
Similar works by the two artist can be found throughout the world in malls and shopping centers, science museums, art museums, children's hospitals, airports and corporate offices. Look for one of these pieces next time you are in Canada, Israel, Japan, Korea, France, Spain, or Australia.
For more information on the artist....
www.georgerhoads.com or
Rock Stream Studios (Bob McGuire)
233 Cherry Street, Ithica NY 14850