Material: Stainless Steel, Powder-coated Stainless Steel, DMX LED lights
Size: 15'w x 15'd x 26'h
INSPIRE celebrates the City of South San Francisco as the birthplace of biotechnology as well as highlighting its reputation as “the industrial city.” It honors new discoveries leading to innovation and growth. Using a visual reference to the unique relationship between a DNA strand (twisted pillars) and a water molecule (two large circles and one small sphere), it tells the story of how SSF has always been at the forefront of research and development in the field of biotechnology, inspiring and leading us into the future.
The sculpture sits on top of a round pedestal inscribed with gear motifs, as if the sculpture is activated by these gears. The gears represent the city's long time reputation as "the industrial city".
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Two gear shaped benches, which illuminate at night, are designed to harmonize with the main scultpure and provide places for people to sit and enjoy the moving sculpture.