{"id":1192,"date":"2026-04-30T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/?page_id=1192"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:28:12","slug":"artist-proposal-3-richard-wilson-south-main-tumbler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/index.php\/the-exhibition\/artist-proposal-3-richard-wilson-south-main-tumbler\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Proposal 3 &#8211; Richard Wilson &#8211; South Main Tumbler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-539457af alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>This proposal envisions a major new landmark for Charleston: a dynamic, large-scale kinetic sculpture that transforms before the viewer\u2019s eyes and becomes a bold and dynamic destination in its own right. Standing 59 feet long and 15 feet high, the work takes the form of a steel-coloured, full-scale \u201cmodel\u201d locomotive an image deeply embedded in the American imagination yet radically reinterprets it through movement, time, and participation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1d041a86 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_mv.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-35b4b340 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-6a65f1aa\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-50e94c43\">\n<p>All objects carry a poetics: they shape the world and take part in it. The locomotive derived from the Latin loco, \u201cfrom one place to another\u201d has long symbolised progress, modernity, and unstoppable force. It overcame distance, connected landscapes, opened territories, and came to embody both industrial innovation and the restless drive toward the future. For the Futurists, it expressed the dynamism inherent in life itself. It evokes nostalgia and adventure, yet also speaks of expansion, journey and the intersection of humanity with nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-df96d50c\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-mq7v9\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-mq7v9 \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-mq7v9 no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-mq7v9\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-71c9d682 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-2360697c\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-zbwpb\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-zbwpb \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-zbwpb no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-zbwpb\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-7b6731b4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-71r0w\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-71r0w \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-71r0w no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-71r0w\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4a20abfc alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>This work honours that legacy while transforming it. Constructed from five monumental revolving sections, the locomotive continuously shifts. At any given time, no more than two segments move clockwise or anticlockwise, rotating through 360 degrees like the tumblers of a safe or the turns of a Rubik\u2019s Cube. When misaligned, the form dissolves into a constellation of abstract, turning planes in space. Through algorithmic sequences, the five components align to reveal the complete locomotive once each day, briefly and unpredictably. To witness the full form, one must be present at the right moment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-614a1f8f alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8845e67f\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-z0rfb\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-z0rfb \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-z0rfb no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-z0rfb\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-08374101\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-wuesn\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-wuesn \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-wuesn no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-wuesn\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-3dbc39f7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-image  root-eb-advanced-image-ojxao\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advanced-image-ojxao \"><figure class=\"eb-advanced-image-wrapper eb-advanced-image-ojxao no-effect\" data-id=\"eb-advanced-image-ojxao\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-image-wrapper-inner eb-img-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonlandmark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Proposal-SouthMainTumbler_6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-800404ee alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<p>The sculpture emerges conceptually from flat \u201cpages,\u201d echoing card models and the transformative power of books like locomotives, they transport us. The piece itself becomes a station: a place of anticipation, gathering, and return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a permanent, stand-alone landmark, the South Main Tumbler will be engaging for all ages, surprising, playful, and profound. It is not static but alive with motion and meaning: a celebration of ingenuity, history, and forward momentum. This is not only a statement that Charleston embraces imagination, innovation and ambition at the highest level\u2026 it\u2019s also an unforgettable cultural beacon for Southeast Missouri.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This proposal envisions a major new landmark for Charleston: a dynamic, large-scale kinetic sculpture that transforms before the viewer\u2019s eyes and becomes a bold and dynamic destination in its own right. 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