Exhibited at the Bombay Beach Biennale which took place at the Salton Sea in March 2018, SpinCycle takes cues from the environment it exists in; an abandoned beach vacation promise land. Composed of three separate units hanging on a ball bearings on a vertical rod, each component spins independently of the other two. Each element is composed of wire hangers that have been attached to each other in such a way that it is self-supported, and forms a pentagonal form on its own.
Designed as a light post as a part of UCLA’s ‘Miracle Lights’ at this festival of art, music, and philosophy, SpinCycle takes advantage of the heavy wind conditions there to work with it instead of against it, and acts as a wind measuring device. Bikinis, reminiscent of the Salton Sea’s glory days, are threaded through and around the separate structures, and catch the heavy wind, causing them to spin.
SPIN CYCLE was a dynamic installation done for the Bombay Beach Biennale 2018, as a part of the UCLA MACK SUPRASTUDIO.