Surface Tension

Amy Landesberg
American, b. 1952

​Surface Tension, 2018

Cast glass and stainless steel

Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Utah Public Art Program

Surface Tension deploys cast glass to evoke the materiality of water… water, because there is no biological system that’s not wholly dependent on it and it is therefore crucial to the study of life sciences. The glass mimics water in three ways: structure – water drop sizes and shapes were analyzed and used as the basis for casting; effect – glass chill marks and light refraction create watery light; image – images of life developed with College faculty can be found by intrepid observers in some of the drops.