anjali grant design: drawing log

Birds on a Wire progress

10/16/2014

The kinetic artwork Birds on a Wire will be installed November 6th in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. (that is, I will be installing it. It is not going to get installed by itself!). The site is a 20 foot long, shallow storefront vitrine. The sheer size has compelled me to redevelop the idea somewhat.

From the original proposal sketch, on the left, a lot of experimentation was needed to get from this sketch to a functioning kinetic piece. I tried clock mechanisms and homemade gears before settling on a pinion pulley and belt system:

In the end, the idea continues to evolve in response to materials, circumstances, time and place - which is why I am interested in site-specific work.