MISSION DIMENSION
SCULPTURE STOP #1

You’ve found the first stop on your mission, Agent!

This sculpture by artist Richard Hollander is called Interstate 70 and was created in 1970. What makes it a sculpture? That’s easy! It’s 3D. That means it has three dimensions: height, width, and depth. Move around to explore all sides. Notice how it changes. This sculpture is made from welded steel and is painted black. How did the artist arrange simple geometric shapes to make it look like a moving vehicle? If the trees could talk, what would they say to this sculpture?

 
Photo of a black metal sculpture with big black wheel shapes in Marvin Grove behind the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas.
 

What is the total number of black wheels? Some wheels are connected to other wheels by black bars. How many groups of connected wheels are there?

Let’s do a little subtraction:

TOTAL WHEELS – GROUPS OF CONNECTED WHEELS = ?

Record your answer by this sculpture’s symbol on the Agent Record that was curled inside your little black box.

Head to stop #2 on your map!