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Rainbow

By  Martin Smith 2014

Martin Smith Studio

A kinetic piece without a start or a finish. The panels of the Rainbow continually turn in a reciprocating motion, upon them 1,764 individual aluminium leaves gently respond to passing air currents and catch the light, resulting in the natural rhythms being plotted visually across their surface. Site: The Sid Watkins Building, The NHS Walton Centre, Liverpool, UK.

Martin Smith Studio

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