Documented artwork / public sculpture
Quake
Credit as documented: DeWitt Godfrey
Quake stands on a pedestrian and bicycle path west of the MIT campus in Cambridgeport. The Cambridge Arts Council commissioned DeWitt Godfrey's work through its percent-for-art program in connection with the path's 2015 extension westward to Erie Street. The city's public-art tour locates the sculpture at Merriam Street and Waverly Path. Its grouped Corten steel cylinders change apparent density as a viewer moves: broad, substantial forms seen from one direction become thin ellipses from another.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2015
- Materials
- Corten steel
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Not documented
- Dimensions apply to
- Not documented
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2015
Intersection of Merriam Street and Waverly Path, Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Site
- Bike and pedestrian path, Cambridgeport, west of MIT
- City
- Cambridge
- State / region
- MA
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Commissioner
- Cambridge Arts Council
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The municipal tour describes the tension between rigidity and flexibility in the cylindrical forms and invites visitors to experience acoustic effects from the center. These spatial and acoustic qualities make the route through the work relevant to its interpretation.
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Sources
- www.cambridgema.gov ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.dewittgodfrey.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17