Brooklyn-based art studio BREAKFAST has just recently revealed its new piece, The Pearl, which is acknowledged as the world's biggest kinetic art sculpture. It was installed in the Royal Caribbean's new cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas."
An Impressive Feat of Engineering and Design
The sculpture is not only a momentous example of design and engineering because of its size, measuring a gigantic 45 feet in vertical length with a diameter of an even larger 53 feet, but also because it is integrated with innovative technologies that can capture the "status" of the ocean.
According to BREAKFAST'S release, with just about 3,000 computer-driven kinetic tiles, the enormous art piece can beautifully simulate nature's amazingly intricate phenomena like "the rolling waves, gentle breezes, shooting stars, and the dynamic ocean surface."
The art studio said that its main source of inspiration is the seemingly endless expanse of the sea, with its "tranquility and unpredictability."
To achieve the perfect simulation, the tile was meticulously laid out following the Fibonacci sequence, a pattern found in a myriad of marine life.
What makes "The Pearl" stand in a league of its own as a kinetic sculpture is its interactivity, as it adjusts and moves in real-time according to the wind and tidal data it collects amidst the ship's trip along the Caribbean.
This feature especially brings a sense of indefinite transformation to the piece, ever-evolving with the ocean's fits of intensity or periods of serenity.
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How 'The Pearl' was Made
In an endeavor to create the current technological and structural brilliance of "The Pearl," the BREAKFAST art studio labored for more than four years through the countless hours of "innovative conceptualization, design, and custom fabrication of each part."
The studio itself is known for crafting intricate kinetic pieces integrated with technology and has grown its notoriety and collected accolades as a "new media artist."
Many of its projects become a part of many "high-profile" collections owned by celebrities and renowned art collecting institutions alike, such as Harvard and Rockefeller Center.
BREAKFAST also took part in the last Miami Art Week's Art Basel event and is currently finalizing its recent addition to its oeuvre of kinetic sculptures, which is planned to be revealed before the end of January.
