Gallery: Watch This Mesmerizing Sculpture Morph Like a Flock of Birds
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Diffusion Choir is a kinetic sculpture that hangs from the atrium of BioMed Realty.
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The installation is made of 400 Tyvek components.
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Each component is aligned to a grid.
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The folded pieces open and close like umbrellas.
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The sculpture is meant to evoke the mesmerizing formations commonly observed in flocks of birds
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The fold is a variation on the v-pleat pyramid.
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Motors power each component.
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The Tyvek unfolded.
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Viewed from above.
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