FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2007

"Strange Attractor for Kansas City" installed at KCI

New York artist Alice Aycock began installing her latest piece, "Strange Attractor for Kansas City," on March 7 at the Kansas City International Airport's long-term parking area. The sculpture is the latest piece funded by the City of Kansas City, Mo., One Percent for Art Program, an initiative that has funded art associated with public building projects for more than two decades.

The artwork is a sculpture shaped like two giant trumpet bells facing away from each other. It projects a soft light and has three neon orange "zigzags" emulating radio signals or light waves.

"The sculpture evokes the spaces created by wind tunnels, which are used to test the aerodynamics of airplane designs," Aycock said. "It also suggests future travel through wormholes or time machines imagined in science fiction, as well as the astrophysics illustrations of Stephen Hawking."

The installation is scheduled to end March 9.

For more information about this project or the One Percent for Art Program, call Sean Demory, communications specialist in the Capital Improvements Management Office, (816) 513-0059.