Skip, Thermal kinetic sculpture instillation, 2013, William Waterhouse

brass, steel, nichrome wire 120volt

The structure hangs in the space like a Portugues Man of War, 120volts run through its structure, The entirety of the structure is an exposed electrical circuit, a schematic, an organism. As the hung element heats up, glowing a rich red colour, the windmills pivoted above turn on the generated thermals, the structure starts to undulates and writhe under its own momentum, The contrast between its ephemeral quite beauty is Balanced by its ability to deliver a potentially life threatening electrical shock.

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