wind- wellington installation

Dignifiedly standing at the height of 26 meters in the Evans Bay of Wellington, New Zealand, the Zephyrometer is second in the series of sculptures in the Great Wellington Wind Sculpture Project sponsored by Meridian Energy with the assistance of the Wellington City Council.

The sculpture's bright needle moves according to the wind's speed and direction.

The Zephyrometer was presented in the 2003, a second in the work installment of Meridian Energy Wind Sculptures in the city of Wellington. The first in the installment is the Pacific Grass that is wind out in the Wellington Airport in 2001. Kom Dimopoulos created the masterpiece out of polyester resin rods which would look like clumps of grasses at first.

The Zephyrometer, on the other hand, is a product of the creative genius of Christchurch

artist Phil Price.

Undoubtedly, the piece of craft was considered a huge asset to Wellington and it deserves

all the praise that it is accepting from art critics and the public, for such a work that looks so simple yet tall, soaring, ambitious and elegant. What makes the whole work more fantastic is that the effortless stature that it projects to onlookers, despite the realization the process of construction and installation of such magnificence has been challengingly difficult.

This work by Phil Price has been the winner out of 44 entries in a nationwide competition sponsored by the Trust and Arts Advisers.

One of its most praised qualities is the motion of swaying as it mirrors Wellington in a number of lights. The dynamic sculpture's motion is an

elegantly graphic symbol of the winds of Wellington, or the swaying of the yacht masts, or the movement of a needle on an instrument, measuring

the speed of the sea or wind or vessel, aside from reflecting and flaunting the beauty of the site where it belongs, the Evan's Bay Marina. Definitely,

the Zephyrometer is a wonderful innovation of sandwiching science and design. Aside from the Zephyrometer, Phil Price has another piece of work displayed in the intersection of Lambton Quay and Hunter Street in Wellington. It is called Protoplasm.

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