Butterfly Wall (2011)

San Francisco Arts Commission/SFO, Terminal 2, Children’s Play Area, San Francisco, CA

12’L x 12’6”H x 1’W, dichroic acrylic, stepper motors, custom electronics, glass & steel casework.

Butterfly Wall consists of 20 hand-cranked mechanical butterflies that are propelled up a cable to gently flutter back down again in a delightful random choreography dictated by the air resistance of their spinning dichroic wings.