Andrew Carson creates wind-driven sculpture using metal and glass; municipal examples include Zephyr in Issaquah and Glassinator in Kirkland, Washington.
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Practice
kinetic sculpture, wind sculpture, metal and glass sculpture
Materials in documented works
shaped glass
Project references
Zephyr · Glassinator
Documented contexts
Public-art stop near a trail facility; Waterfront park and donated public sculpture
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Andy Goldsworthy works with natural materials and the conditions of a place. His public projects include structures made from trees removed during forest management and installations intended to change over time.
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Practice
sculpture, land art, site-specific installation
Project references
Spire · Wood Line
Documented contexts
Completed 2008 Presidio commission.; Completed 2011 installation with intended decomposition.
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Anish Kapoor makes sculpture and installations that use reflection, scale, and spatial effects. U.S. public examples include Cloud Gate in Chicago, Sky Mirror at Rockefeller Center, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park presentation of Descension.
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Practice
sculpture, installation, public art
Materials in documented works
stainless steel
Project references
Cloud Gate · Sky Mirror · Descension
Documented contexts
Large stainless-steel sculpture in Millennium Park; Temporary Rockefeller Center presentation
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Anita Margrill is a California-based artist whose public work brings architecture, technology and environmental processes together. ArtsWA describes installations that use sunlight, wind and water. Her Wind Pavillion at Sunnyside Beach Park in Steilacoom combines a wind-activated roof with a beach shower, connecting a sculptural structure to everyday public use. San Francisco’s civic collection documents her collaboration with Nobuho Nagasawa on pole-mounted sculptures, canopy panels and paving inserts for Third Street light-rail platforms. The same collection credits both artists for Blueprints, laminated-glass work commissioned for Muni’s Metro East facility. This record preserves the collaborative authorship and separates individual projects from the wider transit-art program. Documented locations describe the collection record; current condition, operating mechanisms and visitor access require a site-specific check.
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Practice
environmental installation, kinetic sculpture, public sculpture, architectural integration
Project references
Wind Pavillion · Untitled (Third Street Light Rail Project), Arleta station · Untitled (Third Street Light Rail Project), Sunnydale station
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Anthony Howe makes wind-powered metal sculpture. His public-work record includes Octo in Greenville, Lucea I in Dallas and Azlon I in Columbia, Maryland.
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Practice
kinetic sculpture, wind sculpture, metal sculpture
Project references
Octo · Kliptik and Sinclair · Octo 2
Documented contexts
Public streets and districts; Comparing individual sculpture specifications
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Antony Gormley’s sculpture explores the human body and its relationship to space. Documented U.S. projects include the New York presentation of Event Horizon, Chord at MIT, and New York Clearing in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Practice
sculpture, installation, public art
Project references
Event Horizon · Chord · New York Clearing
Documented contexts
Body forms distributed across a New York neighborhood; Suspended sculpture in MIT’s Simons Building
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A multidisciplinary art and design studio, also presented as Aphid Studio, led by Jesus Eduardo Magaña and Paulina Bouyer-Magaña. It develops public installations responding to site and participation.
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Practice
public art, site-specific installation, interactive art
Materials in documented works
LED lighting, Coroplast, EMT pipe, Light modules
Project references
Chrono Chromatic · Through the Cattails · Crash Site Alpha - 13
Documented contexts
Festival gateway · Indio, California · 2015; Public park event · Los Angeles, California · 2017
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mixed media, Arthur Elrod furnishings and carpeting for Johnson Publishing Company, repurposed slate blackboards, wooden Wrigley production trays, vinyl records from Dr. Wax Records
Year / version
2019; unveiled April 8
Documented at
North Terminal Building, 95th/Dan Ryan Red Line station, Chicago, Illinois
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Explore sculptures that physically move: visitor-activated mechanisms, changing forms and wind-driven installations. Compare documented projects, understand how motion shapes the encounter, and identify the site and maintenance questions to resolve with an artist.
Find installations that make listening, musical participation or sound-responsive light part of a place. Compare playable works and spatial compositions, then plan how the experience will share space with visitors, neighbors and everyday activity.
