The sculpture responds to audiences, assembling and collapsing itself based on viewer approach and observation.

Artist:
Simon Uribe, Coventry University

Objects come to life only in the presence of a human being, and only in his mind. Without someone to appreciate it, the finest Greek goddess is nothing but a rock. So where does its beauty lay, is it carved in the stone or is it in the observer? I believe it is not in the stone or in the eye alone but in a relationship that involves the two.

This is what this sculpture is about: creating a relation with the viewer, a two way communication very much like the nature of sight; to see is to be seen. Upon the proximity of the observer the sculpture reacts by slowly growing, because it can be seen but also because it sees. However it is also about life; the sculpture virtually comes to life as it establishes a link with the audience, in a way, like any piece of art requires a spectator to have any meaning, but quite more literally. Objects come to life only in the presence of a human being.