studio echelman's billowing soft sculpture 'bending arc' floats above florida pier
With the opening of a 26-acre waterfront pier in st. petersburg, florida, janet echelman unveils her latest permanent work ‘bending arc.’ the monumental aerial sculpture is made up of 1,662,528 knots and 180 miles of twine, spanning 424 feet and measuring 72 feet at its highest point. while echelman’s art expresses a celebration of change, the work gently billows above the park, allowing the wind to generate a continually shifting choreography throughout the sculpture’s soft surface. the colors of the work constantly transform while its surface expresses an interplay with natural and projected light. in daytime the sculpture casts artful shadows across the park and people below, and at night it transforms into a glowing beacon of magenta and violet light.
