Documented artwork / architectural public sculpture
Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks
Credit as documented: Alice Aycock
Alice Aycock's Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks stands on the Cumberland River's east bank opposite downtown Nashville. Metro Arts describes it as the city's first Percent for Public Art commission. Curving red steel trusses rise from a crane base, while a separate aluminum form at ground level suggests a swirling turbine. Neon illuminates the center at night. The composition recalls the riverfront's industrial past and its changing recreational surroundings. Metro Arts dates installation to 2007; the artist's project page dates the work 2008.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2007 installation (Metro Arts); 2008 (artist)
- Materials
- painted steel, aluminum, neon, thermoformed acrylic shapes
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Artist: approximately 84 ft long × 110 ft high × 62 ft deep. Metro Arts: 100 × 100 × 60 ft, axes unspecified.
- Dimensions apply to
- Source measurements for the documented work only; component scopes, unlabeled axes and disagreements remain explicit. Not a relocation or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2007 (Metro Arts)
Riverfront at Wasioto Park, 592 South 1st Street, Nashville, Tennessee
- Site
- Riverfront at Wasioto Park
- City
- Nashville
- State / region
- TN
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Address
- 592 South 1st Street
- Start year
- 2007
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17. Supporting source ↗.
Materials and construction
Published dimensions conflict: the artist gives approximately 84 feet long, 110 high and 62 deep; Metro Arts gives 100 by 100 by 60 feet without labeling axes.
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Sources
- www.aaycock.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.aaycock.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.metroartsnashville.gov ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.metroartsnashville.gov ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17