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Moving Objects
These rings on a string pass through each other—don’t they?
Where: Ray and Dagmar Dolby Atrium
Captured inside a large round window, hundreds of black rings travel randomly left and right along more than fifty horizontal strings. Closer examination reveals that the strings are driven at each end by small motors and that the rings that seem to pass through each other are actually bouncing against one another. Moving Objects is a site-specific piece partially supported by SwissNex San Francisco.
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