Cedar Point Reeds

Denver, CO, United States

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Cedar Point Reeds

Denver, CO, United States

Firm

BREAKFAST

Type

Cultural › Sculpture

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2021

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Video of the sculpture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eUjMDJgHmY

Cedar Point Reeds is a kinetic sculpture visualizing the wind and wind energy production occurring at the Cedar Point Wind Farm—a 252 megawatt wind farm 80 miles east of Denver. The Reeds that make up the artwork move based on the real-time wind speed and bearing occurring at the wind farm. The power generation is represented by the illumination of the Reeds.

As we are all part of creating our sustainable future, the sculpture responds as one approaches it. The reeds will gather and illuminate in front of you, representing how we fit into the bigger story of achieving a clean energy future.

The sculpture is made of 400 Reeds—a medium developed and created by BREAKFAST specifically for this sculpture at Block 162 in Denver, CO—which use silent stepper motors to quietly and smoothly move the elements back and forth. The sculpture downloads the latest wind data from the internet every minute to update the sculpture so it reflects the current wind values.