Wind Roundabout - Fort Worth, TX, USA
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N 32° 45.602 W 097° 20.645
14S E 655115 N 3625897
This kinetic sculpture stands in the middle of the roundabout at the intersection of Henderson Street and White Settlement Road near downtown Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WMQ3PP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2015
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Wind Roundabout is 30 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter. The "veil" of stainless steel cables and hundreds of aluminum rectangles is supported by a stainless steel structure. The aluminum rectangles move with the wind and reflect sunlight and the lights from passing cars, revealing the pattern of airflow over the roundabout and through the structure.
The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Fort Worth through the Fort Worth Public Art program.
Wikipedia has information about Ned Kahn:
"Ned Kahn is an environmental artist and sculptor, famous in particular for museum exhibits he has built for the Exploratorium in San Francisco. His works usually involves capturing an invisible aspect of nature and making it visible; examples include building facades that move in waves in response to wind; indoor tornadoes and vortices made of fog, steam, or fire; a transparent sphere containing water and sand which, when spun, erodes a beach-like ripple pattern into the sand surface. Kahn won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" fellowship in 2003, and the National Design Award for environmental design in 2005.
Kahn lives and works in California."
Title of Piece: Wind Roundabout
Artist: Ned Kahn
Material/Media: Stainless Steel, Aluminum
Date of Creation or Placement: Dedicated December 10, 2015
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Middle of traffic roundabout, Henderson Street at White Settlement Road, Fort Worth
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