Public Art Details
MIME
Artist: Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel
Region: Arts in Transit
Location: Cross County MetroLink
Address: 8001 Galleria Parkway, St. Louis, MO 63144
Dimensions: 32' x 22' 2"
Year completed: 2009
Material: Stainless steel
Description:
Mime explores the intersection of time and natural phenomena in a dynamic visual and visceral experience integrated with the environment of the Cross County MetroLink Richmond Heights Station. Three precise elements work in tandem to create the responsive, animated stainless steel instrument that gives evidence to the unseen forces of converging air currents and changing ambient light levels in and around the station. At the work’s pinnacle, thirty-two feet above the ground, a pair of perpendicular half-circles held in tension spin with the shifting breezes. Mysteriously propelled, the turning form’s motion defines a sphere, as if it capturing an invisible essence.
Mime celebrates the spirit and vitality of the station, as it reflects and reveals its surroundings, engaging the visual participation of commuters, pedestrians and motorists. An inquiry into perception, invisible forces and time, the work explores our dynamic perception of the seen and unseen world.
Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel have worked collaboratively since 1985 on many commissioned private and public projects as well museum and gallery exhibitions internationally.
