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Category: Weather and Movement

The two essays in this section address objects that are directly activated by the wind: an Aeolian harp and a kinetic sculpture. They consider how the makers of these objects chose to cede control and, at least in part, allow weather to represent itself.

George Rickey’s Two Lines Oblique Down

  • Author By Tim Souza '26
  • Categories: 20th Century, Mead Art Museum, North America, Sculpture, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Movement, Wind
A wide view of a tall, kinetic sculpture, a Y shaped thin metal post with two thin swinging antennas at the ends installed on a grassy courtyard.

Emily Dickinson’s Wind Harp

  • Author By Vita Arce '25
  • Categories: 19th Century, Emily Dickinson Museum, Musical Instrument, North America, Weather and Amherst, Weather and Movement, Wind
A rectangular stringed harp, the size of a computer keyboard. There is a floral design carved beneath the strings.

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