"She Changes" Sculpture by Janet Echelman

This newly completed sculpture commission by Janet Echelman, changes shape in the wind. 160 feet tall, the sculpture spans 300 feet and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal. It is credited as the first permanent monumental sculpture to incorporate fluid movement and is called "one of the truly significant public artworks in recent years" by Sculpture Magazine. The sculpture integrates the history of Porto, where a fishing village became an industrial area with smokestacks and tanks. The red and white stripe pattern of the smoke stack referencing elements continues into the sculptural net shape. The shape of the net mirrors the landscape below. The solid, unmoving forms on the ground accentuate the movement and changing forms in the air.

See more at: www.echelman.com

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[bulltexan1]

NWO weapon to scoop up large unruly crowds of PEOPLE!!!

[chinaqat]

It's beautiful in the way it mimics natural growth patterns. It looks kind of like a jellyfish or a flower. Very nice.. What an undertaking. It must have cost a fortune... Its size must make it an amazing experience at almost any distance. I wonder what the google sattellite pics look like....?

[greenaum]

What's annoying is, a big net has been on more holidays than I ever have.

[greenaum]

Pretensious, stupid, lazy. So much modern sculpture really is "Emperor's New Clothes", and I'm a bit ashamed to catch myself saying that, cos I sound like a Daily Mail reader. But call it what it is, it's just a big net. It doesn't "accentuate" air, which, if it's even possible would require something cleverer than this. Art where 80% of the work goes into the bullshit PR explaining it, is not good art.

I'd go into the public sculpture racket myself but I've got too much self-respect

A Big Net

[magallr54]

If you think it's art then yes.

[RokkerBoyy]

SHEEPLE*

[GHOSTTOYS]

ok ....wher is the art again !? what did i mis lolll .. i meant tha a freakin net in th wind and they call that art ... anyways ..

[7FiguresY]

oh my god!!Brilliant, you were here filming and interviewing us??:D I wish I could have been one ,Ii love your work, I usually run there every afternoon watching sunset!! U r fabulous!

[BAS TRININE]

NO Wind NO Beautiful

[slava1000000]

-its beautiful (i give a fuck) -_-

[iLOVENATURE2011]

nice video...=)