Czech sculptor David Černý has unveiled his interactive 7.6
m tall sculpture ‘Metalmorphosis’. Located in front of the Whitehall corporate
centre in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, this is Černý’s first permanent public
installation in the United States. As its title indicates, the piece consists
of multiple plates that rotate intermittently to create a three-dimensional
human head that spouts water from its mouth into a large fountain base.
‘Metalmorphosis’ is made of approximately 14 tons of
stainless steel and features a custom-written programme that controls the
embedded motors within the structure. The layers that make up the head are
controlled via the internet by Černý in order to allow for their orientation to
change continuously. A 24-hour live streaming video feed of the sculpture can
be viewed at www.metalmorphosis.tv.
Photographs © Metalmorphosis
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