San Francisco Public Library
It was during a visit to the San Francisco Public Library back in the 1990’s where I stumbled upon an oddly familiar kinetic sculpture. It reminded me of the Chrinitoid back at RPI, but I don’t think I even knew who George Rickey was at the time. This was...
Installation
Installation of Two Rectangles Vertical Gyratory Up III (1970, stainless steel) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1971. From The George Rickey Foundation website. George Rickey with Roland Hummel, the engineer and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor with whom he collaborated for over thirty years....
Rickey Interview
1979 interview with George Rickey as he installed his revolving panels (“Two Rectangles Vertical Gyratory II, Variation IV“) commissioned by Central Trust Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio (which now appears to be PNC). He references “a somewhat smaller one on the campus of Ressel Polytechic Institute in Troy New York”....
The Unicorn and the Chrinitoid
I am trying to find the issue of the RPI Unicorn (campus humor magazine from 1972-1983) where the Chrinitoid apparently got it’s name. The article was titled “I am Joe’s Chrinitoid” and included a drawing resembling the sculpture. I found this issue for sale with the Chrinitoid envisioned at...
“In Search of the Chrinitoid” article moved
For anyone looking for my 2004 Alumni Magazine article, it has been moved to an archive. You can find it here: https://digitalassets.archives.rpi.edu/do/516d4629-4878-4491-bf9a-503095c16788#page/54/mode/2up If it gets moved again, you can also find my copy here....