Little Running Man

Sculpture

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image shows a holographic display device with a metallic frame and a transparent screen, inside of which a glowing figure of a person appears to be in motion, creating an effect of animation.

The image shows a holographic display device with a metallic frame and a transparent screen, inside of which a glowing figure of a person appears to be in motion, creating an effect of animation.

Name/Title

Little Running Man

Entry/Object ID

2002.15.1

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

electronics, LCD screen, rubber, aluminum

Category

Vault, People, Objects

Made/Created

Artist

Alan Rath

Date made

2001

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Height

10 in

Width

6-1/8 in

Depth

6-1/8 in

General Notes

Note

Prototype Expanded Wall Label: Alan Rath, an MIT-trained engineer, strives to make machines of perfect balance, proportion and line where technology is both the subject and the medium of the work. His sculptures, such as Little Running Man, meld human, organic, and mechanical elements that are animated by computer directives and delivered with a dose of humor. In this way Rath explores issues that have characterized the art of the 20th and early 21st centuries, the relationship between art and science, and the relationship between the human body and technology.