Concept
The concept was to draw on the activities within the building and reflect these in the work. Ideas about the archiving of data and hexagonal global mapping techniques are reflected in the honeycomb or beehive.
The occupation of keeping bees was also a pastime of the original seminary from which the university grew. The sculpture acts as a fitting metaphor for teamwork, nurturing of ideas and storage of “wealth” and preservation of ecology. It consists of 670 Cells made of stainless and bronze plate and perforated with dozens of apertures which together. With the faceted edges give it a playful tension and feeling of lightness and transparency.
3D Visualisation
Construction
The 3 meter diameter sculpture ‘Waggle Dance’, is made from curved plate bronze perforated by various size holes revealing an internal stainless steel, cellular substructure.
