Steffi Ström S.88 / 16 — Series of 3
Three rough black marble blocks on white gravel, each with a steel post topped by figure-eight loops, against a concrete corner
Installation — the three sculptures together
Sculpture — Kinetic

Infinite Fertility 88

2022 — Santo Tomás marble, Puebla, Mexico, and steel

Stone below, steel above. Placed where the wind moves, the figure-eights turn and spin freely on their posts.

The 8 is infinity, fertility, abundance, flow. The stone holds the ground; the steel moves with the air.

We are born abundant —
infinite wealth comes from within.

Stand grounded and tall, yet flow with the wind.

The series
I Sculpture I: a low, wide marble block among palms, steel loops above
Stone
80 × 80 × 50 cm
Steel
100 × 89 × 20 cm
II Sculpture II: an upright dark marble block on white gravel, steel post with two figure-eight loops, against concrete
Stone
41 × 41 × 88 cm
Steel
50 × 61 × 20 cm
III Sculpture III: a tall narrow marble block with steel post and loops
Stone
33 × 33 × 100 cm
Steel
33 × 60 × 20 cm

The kinetic movements

The steel turns. The stone stays.

Each sculpture has its own sound, made by a different artist — heard on speakers or headphones. Each also has a digital line drawing by Dalia Urzua.

Object + sound
Steffi Ström, Nacho Arimany, Dalia Urzua
Digital lines
Dalia Urzua
Exhibited
Treehouse, Tulum, 2022, by invitation; NFT virtual exhibition, South Korea, 2022
Animation — Sculpture I
Steel loops blurred mid-spin above a stone, lit red
In motion

Film

1:08 — Film by Maximiliano Limón
Views
Tall narrow marble block with steel post and two figure-eight loops Sculpture in a studio lit deep red Steel T-form above stone, with a blurred loop in the foreground Close view of two steel figure-eight loops joined by a bar Split face of the dark marble, close Single steel figure-eight against black
Sculpture I in a garden of palms, dappled light on the gravel The three sculptures in a row against a concrete wall
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