Two giant drink glasses sit in the park. Each one has a thick straw that bends sharply in the middle. It looks like the way a straw appears broken when it’s sitting in a glass of water. This effect is called refraction. Light bends as it moves through water or glass, making things appear out of place. The sculpture mimics this illusion, but the bend is real.
These sculptures are playful and interactive. You can spin them like a merry-go-round. Or you can stop and look. How big something looks also depends on perspective. Usually, we hold water glasses in our hands. But these ones are huge. Or maybe they’re regular-sized, and we’re miniature. Where does your imagination take you? The title Glass Half Full is about perspective. Some people see the glass as half empty. Others see it as half full. These sculptures invite you to think about how you see the world, and how that view can shift.
