Tim Hawkinson

I really enjoyed the piece called "Drip" - I think I really appreciated this piece was because of the rhythmic pattern that it creates when the "droppers" release the water because blind people can also appreciate and enjoy the art piece as well. The art piece is in the shape of a octopus and at the end of the tentacles the water droplets fall onto aluminum pie dishes that are in buckets and the sounds that combined are what makes the musical rhythm.  Hawkinson attached long stripes of plastic wrap to a drill and then turned it so the plastic would twist into tight curls. I really thought that it was an interesting way, i've never seen it done that way and i think that is what really caught my attention to the piece.

One day Tim was walking into his studio and there were buckets all around the floor catching the drips of the water that was coming through the studio ceiling. He liked the sound especially in the space that it was in, so he wanted to use dripping water somehow. He explained how he didn't want just random drips -  he wanted something that you could dance to. Each bucket makes a different sound, and that is how he got inspired to his piece "drip"