Join artist Sarah Sze as she talks about the site-specific installation in the rotunda fountain.

Transcript
Sarah Sze: I mean, one of the most amazing things, obviously, of this building is standing in the Rotunda. And this incredible negative space that is actually larger than the positive space, right?

But one of the things that’s very fragile and amazing about it is this human-size pool. And when is there water in a museum, right? The pendulum literally shows you, like points to this area and motions you to come to it. It’s saying, “Look here,” and “look, there’s water.” It’s a very Asian idea to create a courtyard that’s contained, and you frame the sky above. So you have the sky projected down into the pool, and then you have the sky above. And the pendulum is licking just the top of the pool.

So you’re sort of threaded or sped up to the top ring through this one thread. Your eye will move through that line very quickly. Creates a kind of anticipation, so you know where you’re going. It’s like when you’re driving, and you see that thing in front of you, and so you know that that’s where you’re gonna go. And this idea that you can occupy space by a very simple but strong, powerful gesture.

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