Sunny Worthing Sculpture for Splash Point
Walter Jack Studio’s in Bristol has been selected to develop a £70,000 piece of public artwork at Splash Point, Worthing. The artwork, called 'Suncloud' is made up of 44 steel masts each standing approximately four metres tall, topped with a solar panel and LED light.
'Suncloud' was chosen from work by four artists, responding to a brief given for public art that was interactive and fun.
The masts are intended to mimic a little woodland with a clearing at their centre. The “Suncloud” will absorb light through the day and light up at night. Each of the masts has a panel of photovoltaic cells above (angled toward the sun): on the underside of each panel is a grid of LED’s and a motion sensor - sensing movement beneath.
'Suncloud' gives dappled shade by day and gives the light back at night: the shiny poles could be seen as rain or trees.
“I really like the concept that by running beneath each panel your movement is sensed and the panel lights up for 30 second burst," says Councillor Ann Barlow, "and if you can run fast enough all the panels light at the same time."
"I'm really pleased to be working on this commission," says Walter Jack, "and I'll look forward to bringing my children to play around it on your seafront."
The Walter Jack Studios have completed other public commissions, including a series of Rotating Columns at Templar House in Bristol in 2006 and the Shipwreck Shed in the River Roding in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in 2005.
'Suncloud' was chosen from work by four artists, responding to a brief given for public art that was interactive and fun.
The masts are intended to mimic a little woodland with a clearing at their centre. The “Suncloud” will absorb light through the day and light up at night. Each of the masts has a panel of photovoltaic cells above (angled toward the sun): on the underside of each panel is a grid of LED’s and a motion sensor - sensing movement beneath.
'Suncloud' gives dappled shade by day and gives the light back at night: the shiny poles could be seen as rain or trees.
“I really like the concept that by running beneath each panel your movement is sensed and the panel lights up for 30 second burst," says Councillor Ann Barlow, "and if you can run fast enough all the panels light at the same time."
"I'm really pleased to be working on this commission," says Walter Jack, "and I'll look forward to bringing my children to play around it on your seafront."
The Walter Jack Studios have completed other public commissions, including a series of Rotating Columns at Templar House in Bristol in 2006 and the Shipwreck Shed in the River Roding in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in 2005.