The DNA Monument
The DNA Monument is a conceptual design proposal for a large painted steel public art sculpture, which symbolically represents a piece of a DNA molecule. It was designed to celebrate the importance of science in general, and specifically the importance and complexity of the DNA molecule. The actual structure of this piece of DNA molecule, which the sculpture was designed from, refers to part of the code needed to form the human eye. The visitors to the DNA Monument are therefore symbolically looking at what makes it possible for them to see the monument.
The gigantic size of the monument is intended to dramatize the beauty of the structure of DNA, as well as illustrate how its relatively small number of parts assembled into various combinations, direct the formation of all living things on our planet.
The DNA Monument is one in a series of my science based design proposals for public monuments that will attempt to inspire everyone who visits and interacts with these structures, to think more deeply about the extreme importance of science in their everyday lives.
Status: Unbuilt
