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The sculptures are each computer controlled.  The computer monitors wind speed and temperature within the space as well as monitoring the mechanical activity of each individual sculpture.  In the event of a problem, the sculptures are run to their lowest position where they rest until the issue is resolved.

Detail demonstrating the full range of motion of a single kinetic element as seen in profile. This view would be the first vantage point typically seen by patrons parking their vehicles in the parking structure and illustrates the ability of the work to radically change its apparent visual volume. 

The placement of the work also functions as a visual way-finding system.  As patrons leave their cars, they are attracted by the color and movement.  This leads them into the atrium and ultimately to the terminal.  The experience of the viewer moving from the traditional low horizontal space of the parking garage into the vertical open space of the atrium is reiterated through the automated movement of the sculpture. 

The sculpture is comprised of eleven kinetic elements that open and close at roughly 3 RPM, mimicking human respiration and giving the work its title.  The tempo of this movement is intended to subtly draw the viewer’s eye and serves as an intentional counterpoint to the often stressful nature of travel.  Viewing the work’s slow breath-like quality provides a calming element to the audience’s experience.     

"Breath" is a kinetic sculpture commissioned for the Indianapolis International Airport. Completed in 2009, the project was initiated 3 years earlier so it could be integrated into the construction of the facility.  The parking structure in which the sculpture resides has a remarkable five-story open air atrium.  The work compositionally responds to the long vaulted space by creating two arced paths of the expanding and contracting spherical red forms.