Marlboro

This ambitious mobile was the result of a two-week collaboration with my cousin Colin Leon. Colin is a genius of form and a skilled metalworker, and constructed the supporting arcs while I built the stained glass octohedron lanterns and ran electrical wiring throughout the sculpture. Formulating the design collaboratively and constantly critiquing each others’ work was a challenge for two artists who are used to relying only on their own judgements and aesthetics. The result however truly shows both artists’ work.

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More pleasing than the static shape of the mobile however, is the emergent behaviors it exhibits when perturbed by a light wind or by a push of the hand. The deliberate whip-like motion of the arcs through the air gives this sculpture a sense of personality with observers describing it as ‘playing with’ or ‘tickling’ them as they stood by it.

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The sculpture was displayed outdoors and indoors at Marlboro College during the winter and spring of 2014 and participated in Colin’s gallery show “Ataraxy” in fall 2015.