van Wagtendonk's "on a Wing and a Prayer"

Associate professor of art and chair of Art X: Expanded Forms, Martijn van Wagtendonk will present his Willson Center lecture on Thursday, Nov.15 at 4 p.m. in room 248 of the Miller Learning Center. His lecture will focus on his kinetic sculptural installation, Song of Lift:

Song of Lift is a 5-minute-long, fully automated, viewer-sensitive opera. A 14-armed circular structure hangs in the center of a gallery’s 20-foot ceiling. Its 12-foot arms hang down like a closed umbrella. From the arms, strings hang 144 winged objects just above the ground. This is the center of the play. A quarter machine, like you might find on mechanical horse rides for kids, allows the viewer to set the opera in motion.

Image: Still from Song of Lift.