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Location: Austin, TX, United States
Completion date: 2018
Artwork budget: $160,000
Project Team
Public Art Agent
Jennifer Seay
Art+Artisans Consulting
Industry Resource
Dane Koch
Wonderwall Studios
Artist
Ansen Seale
Ansen Seale
Overview
The client for this piece, Charles Schwab, is often credited with “democratizing” investment, and has driven countless innovations in the investment services industry.
The People’s Time is a kinetic sculpture, with moving gears, weights and a swinging pendulum. It harkens back to the modernization of timekeeping that revolutionized society and the spirit which this client pioneered to revolutionize investing. Echoing the “everyman” sentiment so central to their mission, viewers are encouraged to wind the clock and set the time in order to keep everyone in synch.
Goals
To create an engaging participation piece for the lobby of a large financial institution.
Process
Cut Acrylic