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2 Foreword

4 IdoAgam Dynamic Static Images

6 YaacovAgam All Directions 8 ZviYehudaAldouby Breastplate of the High Priest 10 YaëlArtsi Vision 12 HavaBarkanMuzikant&Orit ElhaianyPerez Breakthrough14 SantiagoCalatrava see also page 22 Obelisk 16 Joshua(Shuki)Einstein Unnamed 18 GideonGraetz Composition in Stainless Steel #14 20 MichaelGross Garden Organ 24AsafLifshitz Tree of Knowledge and Electronics Ouri’s Corner

26 DinaMerhav Closet Angel 28 EliRan Israeli Summer 30AndrewRogers Transform 32 AvivaShemer Peace34 YehielShemi Syllables 6 36 RobertShure A Man and a Cat Called Yitz 38 IgaelTumarkin Chichen Itza Blue 40 UnknownArtist Reclining Woman 42BorisZaborov Books and the Written Word 44 Bibliography

FOREWORD

TheTechnionSculptureTrailprovidesstudents,faculty,staff,andvisitorswithaconstantopportunitytointerfacedailywithart.Arttranscendsthelimitsofthepresenttothepossibilitiesoftheunknown;itinspiresresearcherstoinnovate–indeed,thebasisofalltechnologicaladvanceisanexpressionofcreativity,combiningintellectandcuriosity.

ThelateProf.JosefSingerinitiatedtheSculpturePathsprojectin1985duringhistenureasTechnionpresident(1982-1986).Twoearlierpieceswereerectedoncampus[Reclining Woman,c.1956byanunknownartistandZviAldouby’sBreastplate of the High Priest (HaChoshen),1975].MajorIsraeliartistswereapproachedtocontributetheirwork.Prof.Singercontinuedthisimpetusandnegotiatedtheacquisitionofsculptureslongafterhistermofoffice.PieceswhichresultedfromhisinitiativeincludeAll Directions,YaacovAgam;Composition in Stainless Steel #14,GideonGraetz;Garden Organ,MichaelGross;Syllables 6,

TheancientGreeksbelievedthatartandtechniquemustbeconnected;notonewithouttheother.-SantiagoCalatrava

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YehielShemi;andIgaelTumarkin’sChichén Itzá Blue.

Later,amovewasmadetorecognizemajorcampuswidemultidisciplinaryprojectswithtangibleoutdoorsculpturesincludingDrSantiagoCalatrava’smonumentalkineticObeliskacknowledgingthegiftoftheRussellBerrieFoundationtotheestablishmentoftheRussellBerrieNanotechnologyInstitute,andYaëlArtsi’ssteelandstonesculptureVision,intributetothenamingoftheIrwinandJoanJacobsGraduateSchool.

Similarly,independentcommissionsbyTechnionfriendsandfacultyresultedinsculpturesondisplayfortheenjoymentofall,includingA Man and a Cat Called Yitz,byRobertShure-agiftofRobert(DrBob)Shillman.

Inthewordsofworld-renownedarchitect,engineerandsculptor,DrSantiagoCalatrava,“TheancientGreeksbelievedthatartandtechniquemustbeconnected;notonewithouttheother.TheObelisk celebratestheverytechnicalandtheverymechanicalasathingofbeauty.ThesameistrueofscienceattheTechnion.”

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Dynamic Static, 2004Images, 2004IdoAgam(b.1963)AluminumLocation:BerriePromenade,FacultyofMaterialsEngineering

TheartistIdoAgam(b.IdoElgavish)wasborninIsrael.HecreatedtwopiecesforTechnion’sSculptureTrail,atthetopandlowerentrancestotheFacultyofMaterialsEngineering.

Thelargerofthetwo,Dynamic Static,isreminiscentofasinewave.Thesecondinstallation,Images,locatedatthelowerentrance,isacollectionofsilhouettes–someabstractandsomeofanimals–placedonapatio.Bothsculpturesarealuminum,donatedbytheAlubinaluminumcompany.

Gift of SHL-Alubin Ltd. and the Segal family

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All Directions, 1973YaacovAgam(b.1928)Stainless steel Location:ElyacharCentralLibrary

TheinternationallyacclaimedartistYaacovAgam(b.YaacovGipstein)wasbornthesonofarabbiinRishonLeZion,EretzIsrael.Heisoneofthepioneersofthekineticmovementinartaswellasitsmostoutstandingcontemporaryrepresentative.AgamtrainedattheBezalelAcademyofArtinJerusalem,andinSwitzerlandattheEidgenossischeTechnischeHochschuleandZurichUniversity.HerelocatedtoParisduringthe1950s.

Agamexperimentspassionatelywiththe4thdimension,simultaneityandtimeinthevisual,plasticarts,withviewerparticipationandfrequentuseoflightandsound.Agam’screationsareiconiclandmarksinTelAvivandJerusalem.In1996,AgamwasawardedUNESCO’sComeniusMedalfortheAgamMethod,whichfocusesonstimulatingvisualtalentsinyoungchildrenasameanstoimproveover-allcognitivedevelopment.InAll Directions,nineuprightstainlesssteellimbsmovefreelyontheiraxis,anchoredonarectangularbase.

Gift of Tzafira and Efraim Ilin (1986)

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Breastplate of the High Priest,1975ZviYehudaAldouby(1904-1996)Hebron stone and bronzeLocation:OhelAharonSynagogue

ThesculptorZviYehudaAldoubywasborntoaHassidicfamilyinCarpathianGalicia,andimmigratedtoEretzIsraelin1924.HestudiedinJerusalem,followedbyastudytourofItalyandParis.Hissculptureisfigurativeinstyle.AldoubywasamongthefoundersofEinHodArtists’VillageontheCarmel.Aldoubydescribedthechallengeforhiscreation,theBreastplate of the High Priest (HaChoshen),fortheOhelAharonSynagogueatTechnion(April1975).

“Iwasinspiredbythebeautyandsplendorofthe…breastplatewhichthehighpriestworeoverhisheart…adornedwith12preciousstones,eachonedifferent,symbolizingthe12tribesofIsrael…Inourowntimes,thebreastplateofthehighpriestmightserveasasymbolandahopefortheunificationoftheJewslivinginIsraelandfortheunityoftheJewishpeopleeverywhere.”

ThesculptureisamassiverectangleofflatHebronstone,asymmetricalandrough.Protrudingfromthetwoparallelsurfacesaretwelvebronzerectanglesarrangedinfourrows,setintothestonewithconcrete.Eachbronzerectangleappearstobethecontinuationoftheopposingoneontheotherside.Thefaceofeachbronzerectanglehasanaturalroughnesswithadifferentfinishineachcase.

Commissioned by the Jesselson Family

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Vision,2009YaëlArtsi(b.1946)Stainless steel and basaltLocation:IrwinandJoanJacobsPlaza

YaëlArtsiwasborninMoroccoandimmigratedtoIsraelaged21.ShestudiedattheAvniInstituteofArtandDesigninTelAviv,andinPariswiththefamoussculptorEtienneMartinandatColaMarini’sstudio.ShegraduatedtheAcademydesBeaux-Arts,Paris,in1975.Yaëlcreatesbothhugemonumentalobjectsaswellassmaller,intimatepieces.ChildhoodinfluencesfromhernativeMoroccoofteninfiltratehersculptures.

Artsiusesmaterialssuchasstone,basalt(e.g.YitzhakRabinmemorialincityhall,TelAviv),granite,metal,andwood.ShecuratesandorganizestheInternationalSculpturePeaceGardeninIsraelandDenmark.HeroutdoormonumentalsculpturescanbefoundthroughoutIsrael,andinternationallyinTheNetherlands,Poland,Geneva,Osaka,SpainandBuenosAires.ArtsilivesonKibbutzSdot-Yam.

Visioncomprisestwoelements:Ametalbirdsoaringfroma12-tonmassofnaturalbasaltrock.Asthesculptureisbuiltfromlatticedstainlesssteelbars,itdoesnotobscuretheviewandmergeswiththeenvironment.Thebasaltstonesymbolizestheancient,astartingpoint,andflightsymbolizesthefirstconditionfortheevolutionofscience.

The sculpture was commissioned in tribute to Dr Irwin and Joan Jacobs on the naming of the Graduate School.

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Breakthrough,2006HavaBarkanMuzikant(b.1958)andOritElhaianyPerez(b.1967)Stainless steel Location:SheldonR.RothFamilyPlaza

TheenvironmentalartistwantspeopletounderstandtherelationshipbetweenNatureandScience.Therefore,theimageryofthesculptureisborrowedfromtheKingdomofFloraasametaphorforthecreationprocessof“scientificdiscovery”attheTechnion:itbeginswithanidea,becomesgroundedinabase,continuestodevelop,andresultsinabreakthrough.HavaandOrit,bothgraduatesofTechnion,establishedBarkanElhaianyLandscapeArchitectureinHaifa.

Theinstallationcomprisesstainless-steelstemstoppedbybuds.Thedesiretoexpressperpetualrenewalandregenerationthroughtheillusionofmovementcreatesaninspirationalworkthatisincompleteharmonywithitsenvironment.

Gift of Sheldon R. Roth Family

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Obelisk, 2008SantiagoCalatrava(b.1951)Stainless steel and Hebron stoneLocation:BerriePromenade

Thesculptor,architect,andengineer,DrSantiagoCalatrava,wasbornnearValencia,Spain.Hisextensivetraining—includingaPhDinCivilEngineering—makeshimoneofthemostinterestingarchitectstoday,earningworldwidefameforseveralsensationalandinnovativearchitecturalprojects.Calatravauseshisskillsasasculptortocreateuniquebuildings,combiningthefreeformsofartwithstrictgeometryandmodernmaterialstotranscendtraditionallimits.HereceivedanHonoraryDoctorateofSciencefromTechnionin2004,wherehealsoholdstheappointmentofDistinguishedVisitingProfessor.

TheObeliskcomprisesastonepedestalcrownedwitha25-meterglintingtower,illuminatedbylightssunkinthecirculardolomitepavement.Thetowerhousesanexternalskinof224movingstainless-steelribs,arrangedineightlevels,designedtopermitawave-likemotiongeneratedbytheelectricmotorthatsitsatopthemast.Eachmovingribinducesthesequentialmotionofthenext,creatinganillusionofthewholemonumentrotatingonitsaxis;actually,themovementislikethehumanribcagemovinginandoutduringthebreathingprocess.Theentirestructurestandsmorethan28mhigh,over200mabovesea-level.

This kinetic construction recognizes the contribution to Technion by the Russell Berrie Foundation in establishing the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute.

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ArchitectJoshuaEinsteinwasborninNewYork.HeservedintheIsraelDefenseForces,andworkedasafarmwelderonakibbutz.ShukistudiedArchitectureandUrbanPlanningattheTechnion,graduatingin1991.Whileattendingadesignclassinhisfinalyearandmakingthetransitionfromacademicarchitecturetotherealworld,Einsteingottheideatocreateafullinstallationfrommakingafewsketches.Thespatialcomposition,comprisingwood,steel,gravelandthesite,isinstalledintheplazaatthelowerentrancetotheFacultyofArchitectureandTownPlanning.Einsteincreatedthesculptureoverseveralweeksandhadhisfellowstudentshelpinstallit.ShukiEinsteinisanexecutiveboardmemberforArchitectsWithoutBorders-Oregon.

Hisinspirationforthisinstallationinvolves“…anelementofuplifting,takingagedrailwaytiesthattypicallylieintheground...creatingspacesbetweentherailsandinterestingshadowsatdifferenttimesduringtheday.Thereisadeliberatefocusonminimalism,ofmaterialswithasimpleorderinspaceandacontrastofoldandnewmaterials.Theframeofmetalwithgravelcreatesthegroundingelementandconnectsittotheexistingsquareandcampus.”

Unnamed, 1991Joshua(Shuki)Einstein(b.1964)Wood, steel and gravelLocation:LowerentrancetoAmadoBuilding

Railroad ties donated by the Israel Rail Company

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Composition in Stainless Steel #14,1986GideonGraetz(b.1929)Stainless steelLocation:ShachtParkoppositetheSenateBuilding

SculptorGideonGraetzwasborninTelAviv.DuringIsrael’sWarofIndependence,heservedinthePalmach.Inthe1950s,GraetzattendedtheAccademiadellaBelleArtiinFlorenceandtheEcoledesBeaux-ArtsinParis.SincemovingtoFiesole,Italy,wherehehasastudioandfoundry,GraetzhasexhibitedhisworkinEurope,AustraliaandtheUnitedStates.ThepublicspacesofFlorencebecamethesettingforhissculptureinthe1998show,“Scultureincitta.”HisotherpublicsculptureislocatedinEurope,theUnitedStatesandIsrael.

Thefirstoftheseries—Composition in Stainless Steel #1—isdisplayedattheSculptureGardensatPepsiCoWorldHeadquartersinPurchase,NewYork.ThepieceComposition in Stainless Steel #14 comprisestwoflame-likearmsstandingonacylindricalbase.ItisonpermanentloantotheTechnionbytheartist,inmemoryofhislatefatherHeinzR.Graetz,“whowasoneofthepioneersofIsraelinavigationandwhocherishedtheStateofIsraelandlaboredsogreatlyonitsbehalf.”

On permanent loan by the artist

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Garden Organ, 1970MichaelGross(1920-2004)Painted ironLocation:CentralLibrary

ThesculptorandpainterMichaelGrosswasborninTiberias,andspenthischildhoodinMigdal,neartheshoresoftheSeaofGalilee.HestudiedinJerusalem,andarchitectureatTechnion(1943-1945).HesubsequentlystudiedsculptureandpaintingwithMosheZiffer,MenachemShemi,andotherartists;andatEcoledesBeaux-Arts,Paris,withMichelGimond.

Hisoeuvrecombinesdifferentcreativetechniquesandmaterials,suchaswhiteconcreteandlaterpaintingsweresupplementedbythetexturesofobjectssuchaswoodenbeams,burlapandrope.Gross’consistentuseofsoftpastelcoloring–asinthepastelyellowGarden Organ –suggestsadirectlinkwiththeIsraelilandscape.Grosswasawardedthe2000IsraelPrize.HisenvironmentalsculpturesareondisplayatsitesacrossIsraelandaroundtheworld.

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AsafLifshitzfirstproducedartwhenworkingattheNetanyafoundryofItzikBen-Shalom.HissculpturescanbefoundatKibbutzMaozHaim,wherehelivesandworks,andthroughoutIsrael.

Tree of KnowledgeProf.JoshZeevicommissionedAsafLifshitztocommemorate60yearsoftheFacultyofElectricalEngineering.Lifshitzwasinspiredbyahugeeucalyptustreenearthekibbutzcarpentryfacility,which,despitebeingsubjecttostrongwesterlywinds,retainedanuprighttrunk.Nearby,workers’footprintscoveredthegaragefloorwithoilstains,whichremindedtheartistoffallenleaves,and,byassociation,anescape–perhapsfromthewind.InTree of Knowledge,Lifshitzsubstitutedthesefootprintswithprintedcircuitswhichhehungonthebranchesinlieuofleaves.Gift of Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel, alumni

Ouri’s CornerOuriMayselesswasanoutstandingstudentintheFacultyofElectricalEngineering,whopostedequationsandlinksontheInternetasaresourceforotherstudents.InAugust2003,21-year-oldOuriwaskilledduringatriptoAlaska.Hisfamily,whohadseenAsafLifshitz’ssculptureinTelAvivofthe25-year-oldpilotBoazGafnikilledinflight,commissionedthesculptortocommemoratetheirson.Ouri’s Cornerisaseated,life-sizesculpture;hisschoolbag–displayingacodedriddle–laysathisfeet.Gift of Ofra and Meir Mayseless

Tree of Knowledge and Electronics, 1999AsafLifshitz(b.1942)Bronze and printed circuitsOuri’s Corner,2007BronzeLocation:BerriePromenade,FacultyofElectricalEngineering

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Closet Angel, 1996DinaMerhav(b.1936)IronLocation:RingRoad,Pre-universityEducationCenter

SculptorDinaMerhavwasborninYugoslavia,andsheimmigratedtoIsraelin1949.ShestudiedatBezalelAcademyofArtinJerusalem(1953-1957)andatPietraSanta,Italy(1984)wheresheexploredsculptinginstone.DinawasasuccessfulgraphicdesignerformanyyearsandhastaughtgraphicdesignattheTechnion.DinaMerhavlivesinEinHodArtists’Village.

HeroutdoorsculpturesareexhibitedattheMerhavNesherSculptureIndustrialPark,Nesher;Haifa;elsewhereinIsrael;andinternationally.Merhav’s8-meter-highironTotemwasinstalledattheOlympicSculptureParkinBeijingin2008.

Theimageofanangel,associatedwithlegend,myth,andreligion,isarecurringthemeinDinaMerhav’swork.TypicalofMerhav’srecognitionoftheimportanceofthelandscapetohersculptures,thesurroundingscanbeseenthroughtheopeningandlatticedgridinCloset Angel.

Gift of the artist

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Israeli Summer (Series)EliRan(b.1946)BronzeLocation:ForchheimerFacultyCenter

Thesculptor,curatorandteacherEliRanwasborninBaghdad,Iraq,andimmigratedtoIsraelin1950.AveteranoftheYomKippurWar(1973),hegraduatedtheUniversityofHaifain1978andstudiedsculptureatHabustanArtSchool,Netanya;MegiddoInstitute;andWesternGalileeCollege.Ranhasparticipatedinnumerousgroupandsoloexhibitions,andatinternationalsymposia.

HisIsraeli SummerseriesisondisplayinsideandoutsidetheForchheimerFacultyCenter.TheserieswascommissionedfordisplayinCaracas,Venezuela,andexhibitedaspartofIsrael’s40thIndependenceDaycelebrations.EliRanlivesinHaifa.

On loan from the artist

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Transform, 1998AndrewRogers(b.1947)BronzeLocation:RingRoad,nearLouisPlaza

AndrewRogerswasbornandlivesinMelbourne,Australia.Rogers,oneofAustralia’smostdistinguishedandinternationallyrecognizedcontemporarysculptors,strivestorepresenttheconnectionbetweenman,natureandlandscape.Formerlyapainter,Rogersmadehisfirstsculpturein1988wheninhisearlyforties.Rogers’firstworkswerefigurative,andin1995,hemovedtowardsabstractionasameansofcommunication.

RogersisknownforhismonumentalglobalGeoglyphsprojectwhichhecommencedinIsrael’sAravadesert.Theseaccessibleandlife-affirmingmassivestonesculpturesintheRythms of Lifeserieshavesincebeenconstructedallovertheworld.

Rogerswasartist-in-residenceattheTechnionin1998whenhecreatedTransform,whichstandsataheightof3.8m.Thisbronzesculpture,castatalocalfoundry,isaliteralrepresentationoftheboundlesscreativitythatdrivestechnologicalandscientificprogress.Spiralingupward,swirlingorganicrootsgiverisetoformsthatspeaktotheprecisionofthetechnologicalinnovationthatpropelledusintothe21stCentury.Thisstructuremarksthefirsttimeanartist-in-residencehasinvitedandwelcomedtheparticipationofstudentsinthecreationofacampussculpture.

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Peace,1997AvivaShemer(b.1942)SteelLocation:RingRoad,SportsCenter

Painter,sculptor,andenvironmentaldesignerAvivaShemerwasborninHaifa,whereshecontinuestoliveandwork.ShehasexhibitedinsoloshowsatnumerousvenuesthroughoutIsrael,inGermany,HongKong,Poland,andtheUSA,andlikewisehasparticipatedingroupexhibitionsacrosstheworld.Aviva’spermanentenvironmentaldesignsaredisplayedatmultiplelocationsinHaifaandelsewhereinIsrael.

ManyofhersculptureshaveJewishorspiritualmotifs.ThesteelsculpturePeacewascreatedin1997,anddonatedbytheartisttotheTechnion.Itispartofagroupofsculpturesthatsharetheletter“Shin”–thefirstletterofShalom(Peace).

Gift of the artist

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Syllables 6,1986YehielShemi(1922-2003)Iron plates Location:KislakPark

PainterandsculptorYehielShemiwasborninHaifa.HemadehisfirstwoodandstonesculpturesatKibbutzBeit-Ha’aravaintheNegev,whichhejoinedin1939asaconstructionworker.ShemihelpedfoundKibbutzKabriinWesternGalilee,wherehewasamemberfrom1949untilhisdeath;hisstudioandaSculptureGardenofhisworkareopentothepublic.HeproducedhisfirstmetalweldedsculpturesfromthesteelfoundinsunkenshipsinHaifaharbor.

Inthe1950s,ShemiledthetransitioninIsraelfromfigurativestonesculpturetoabstractsculptinginiron.Fromthelate1950sShemireceivedcommissionsformajormonumentalsculpturesinmetalandconcrete.Theseworksarenotedfortheircleansurfacesandcompositionsofintersectingangles,devoidofallassociativedetail.HewasaprominentmemberoftheNewHorizonsGroup(1955-1965).Between1977and1979,YehielShemitaughtenvironmentaldesignatTechnion.ShemiwasawardedtheIsraelPrizeinSculpturein1986–thesameyearinwhichhecreatedSyllables 6.Risingfromarectangularbase,threemetalplatesconnectedbylargeboltsresembleasegmentofacircle.

Gift of the artist

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A Man and a Cat Called Yitz, 2004RobertShure(b.1948)BronzeLocation:BerriePromenade,FacultyofElectricalEngineering

BorninBrooklyn,NewYork,RobertShuregraduatedwithaBFAinsculpture,cumlaude,fromtheNewYorkInstituteofTechnology,andreceivedhisMFAinsculpture,cumlaude,fromtheSchooloftheMuseumofFineArtsandTuftsUniversity.Shureisaplastercastandbronzeexpert,andrestorationexpert,aswellasasculptorinhisownright.HeispresidentofSkylightStudiosinWoburn,Massachusetts.

Thebronzesculpture,A Man and a Cat Called Yitz,wascommissionedbyTechnionGuardianRobert(DrBob)ShillmanofMassachusetts.Asayoungman,ShillmanhadspentasummerintheFacultyofPhysicswherehebefriendedoneofthecampusstrays,Yitz.

Gift of Robert (Dr Bob) Shillman

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Chichen Itza Blue, 1987IgaelTumarkin(b.1933)Painted steelLocation:Coler-CaliforniaVisitorsCenter

Sculptor,painter,andstagedesignerIgaelTumarkinwasborninDresden,Germany,andimmigratedtoEretzIsraelin1935.HestudiedwithRudiLehmann,amajorpioneeroftheCanaaniteesthetic.HereceivedtheIsraelPrizeinSculpturein2004,andlivesinTelAviv-Jaffa.

ThecompositestructureChichén Itzá Blueconsistsofalargeringsetonafour-wheeledwagon,preventedfrommovingalongitsrailsbyobstacles.ChichénItzá isaMayanarchaeologicalsiteinMexico,withagreatTlatchliballcourt.Resemblingmodernbasketball,thispostclassicgame(c.900AD)wasplayedbytwoteamswho,withoutusingtheirhands,triedtopassasolidrubberballthroughtheiropponents’stonering,setverticallyinthesidewalls.ThefinishedritualisticgameofTlatchliinvolvedhumansacrifice.TumarkinwasapparentlyinspiredthatwhilethepeopleofChichénItzá werecapableofmakingwheel-shapesfortheballgame,theyneverappliedthisskillfortransportation.TheindigenouspopulationwaslatereasilydefeatedbyasmallnumberoftechnologicallysavvyEuropeans.Chichén Itzá Blue isbothamemorialtotheMayancultureandatributetoourgreatertechnologicalknow-how.Tumarkin,whoissensitivetoallkindsofsocialviolenceandinjustice,makesastatementaboutthedominationofonepeopleoveranother.

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Reclining Woman, c.1956UnknownArtistLimestoneLocation:BerriePromenade,DeanofStudents

ThislimestonesculptureofarecliningwomanisidentifiedwithElectra,acharacterinGreekmythology.InGreek,Electrameans“shining”or“bright”andisderivedfromthewordfor“amber”.

Thispieceofunknownoriginisthefirstsculptureerectedoncampusinc.1956,neartheentrancetotheFischbachbuildingwhichhousedtheFacultyofElectricalEngineering.Electricityisafundamentalformofenergyobservableinpositiveandnegativeformsthatcanoccurnaturally(asinlightning).Therecliningwomanofthestatue,leaningonherrightarm,originallyheldlightning—thesymbolforelectricity—inherbrokenlefthand,whichrestsonherknee.Originallynaked,thecontoursofherclotheswereaddedsubsequently–seeminglytoobscurehernudity.

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Books and the Written Word, 2007 BorisZaborov(b.1935)Bronze and platinum; concrete baseLocation:KislakPark

BorisZaborovwasborninMinsk,Belarus.HestudiedartinMinsk,StPetersburg,andMoscow,andhasbeenlivinginParissince1980wherehenowworks.Hisearlywork,beforehisdeparturefromtheSovietUnion,includesbookillustration,notablyOscarWilde’sFairy Tales.SuchbooksreflectnotonlyhistalentbutalsohissenseoftheWord.

Zaborovsaysthathisbronzeandplatinumsculpture,Books and the Written Word,“isafittingmonumenttotheimportanceofthebooktoJews–thePeopleoftheBook.”Itdepictsabook–theheightofhumancivilization,nowsocommonlymass-producedinpocketform–fromwhichlettersinvariousalphabetsemerge.Thehugesculpturestands2.8mhigh,weighingaroundfourtons,andissituatedonaconcretebaseaccordingtoarchitectsShaulKaner’sandMichaelSeltser’sspecifications.

Gift of Leonid and Alexandra Raiz

CarlAlpert,Technion: The Story of Israel’s Institute of Technology. Volume II. AmericanTechnionSociety,2001.

AustinAtkinson,Lost Civilizations: Rediscovering Ancient Sites Through New Technology.Pavilion,2002.

MikhailGerman,PascalBonafoux,&BéatricePicon-Vallin.Zaborov.AcatosPublishingSarl,2006.

AvigdorW.G.Posèq,‘ToBeofOne’sTime’:TechnologyandInhumanityinTumarkin.Assaph 5,2000.

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