FROM_ORION goes on tour!
to the Port of Dubuque, Iowa for their 2023-2024 Art on the River exhibition
FROM_ORION will be moving from its current location in Marquette Park, Chicago on August 2nd…
… and headed to the Port of Dubuque, Iowa
for the opening celebration of their 2023-2024 Art on the River exhibit.
About FROM_ORION
A 12ft (3.7m) tall, stainless steel sculpture and scientifically-accurate three-dimensional representation of the constellation Orion.
… some background …
A concept I like comes from the book “Contact” by Carl Sagan.
In the book, an extraterrestrial radio pulse is detected, and upon closer and closer inspection it unfolds layers of increasingly complex information. Though the layers of information in FROM_ORION are not the build plans for interstellar travel like in Sagan’s book, each component holds meaning.
From a distance, FROM_ORION may look like a giant dart fell from the sky or a meteor crash sent metallic streaks radiating outward.
Upon closer examination, there is a sphere ‘cut’ out of the center.
Looking up into the empty sphere reveals an image from ancient Greek mythology: Orion, The Hunter
And looking down reveals the mirror image of the same.
Each pipe’s width, length, and direction corresponds to that star’s brightness, distance, and position relative to earth.
A three dimensional map of the constellation Orion!
Many thanks to:
Jill Connors City of Dubuque, Economic Development Director
@chicagoparks for the opportunity to display in Marquette Park 2021-2023
@chicagosculptureinternational ‘s Christine Perri and Thomas Plum for coordinating sculpture all over Chicago
@think_sculpture ‘s amazing artisans Brian Witmer, Ben Blaney, and Caroline Folkenroth-Miley
@terrykarpowicz and Michael Dimitroff for a seamless install in Chicago.
And of course none of this would have been feasible without the generous patronage and support from:
Harriet Fabrykant
Terri Gould
Mark Hamm
Scott Coatsworth
Libby Mattern
Kim Kelley
Jason Thomson
Gretchen Hamm
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