https://ccartcollection.concordiacollegearchives.org/files/original/e8fb1043204b9ad5b0f3f5def85f0428.jpg a76e924d7deb8c884b90d18964f70f96 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Concordia College Art Collection Description An account of the resource Mission Statement: The Concordia College Art Collection is an educational and cultural component of the College. It includes significant and valuable works that reflect a variety of artistic creativity and in part the College’s Norwegian heritage and location in the Upper Midwest. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Concordia College Art Committee Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Found metal, stainless steel, glass balls, motor Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 47"x42" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kinetic Sculpture #900 Subject The topic of the resource This is a kinetic sculpture that can be activated by the push of a button. It has a movement of marbles. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zachmann, Jeffrey Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Notes: Jeffrey Zachmann When I was about eight years old, there was a housing development being built near the Minneapolis suburb I grew up in. For some reason, they dug all the basements and left the huge piles of dirt for a long time. My friends and I would spend hours at the development building trails and tunnels for marbles to run down. After they finally hauled all the dirt away, I would occasionally experiment with other materials to make my marble runs: a hose, pieces of wood, a model train track. Much later, when I was in college at Minnesota State University- Moorhead, my ceramics instructor gave my class an assignment to make something non-functional out of clay. I remembered my childhood playing with marbles in the development and made a sculpture with tracks and tunnels much like I had in that first pile of dirt. I spent the next fifteen years as a potter making mainly functional ceramics and selling them around the country at art shows. Occasionally I would work on another piece with balls rolling through it. It was always only marginally successful at best. Clay shrinks, warps, and can crack as it dries. The ball doesn’t roll the same way on wet clay as it does on the finished piece. I would end up making numerous pieces and having to throw them out because they didn’t work right. Then, one day, it just dawned on me: “Just because I’m a potter doesn’t mean I have to work in clay!” It sounds pretty simple now, but that idea ended up changing my life. I knew how to weld, having built most of my own pottery equipment, so I started building sculptures with the metal and materials I had lying around. After a few years of making a sculpture every now and then, I had a number of them sitting around the house. My wife, Deb, convinced me I should take them to some art shows (she was probably looking down the road and imagining what our house would be like if I kept making them and not selling them). I was very hesitant about showing the sculptures, however. I had never seen anything else like them. I thought they were just my thing and that no one else would be interested in my moving sculptures. Six months after doing the first show with my kinetic sculptures, I no longer had time to do pottery. Since then, the demand for my work has only grown. The reactions of viewers and the crowds drawn to my work still amazes me. I live an artist’s dream. Condition report: Excellent Condition History: Installed in 2017 in a clear case Maintenance: Installation needs: Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Concordia College Art Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource This piece was installed in the summer of 2017 but added to the collection in October of 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donor: This piece was purchased with funds from the ISC renovation Value: $10,000 Provenance: Insurance: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource To inquire about permissions or for use, contact Chris Mortenson at cmortens@cord.edu or the Art Office Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2018.12.54 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Near main entrance of ISC Description An account of the resource This kinetic piece is in a circular form with differing levels of metal supports, in which when activated, marbles meander around the piece. The piece is industrial with its strategic use of found objects. #kinetic #Zachmann.Jeffrey