Peter Wegner

Monument to Change

Usually, monuments memorialize past events. I wanted to create the opposite of that–a monument that looks to the future and celebrates the ongoing process of change. Over the course of an entire day, you never see the same compositional moment twice. Commissioned by Stanford University as a permanent installation.

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors printed on polycarbonate, in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors printed on polycarbonate, in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors, on polycarbonate in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors, on polycarbonate in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors, on polycarbonate in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change 2048 modules, each with 81 custom colors, on polycarbonate in recessed steel frame with driver & software, 108" x 384" x 15", 8:00:00, 2011. Permanently installed on the Stanford University campus, Palo Alto CA

Monument to Change preliminary animation sketch, ink & pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11", 2010

Monument to Change module check at fabrication shop, 2011

Monument to Change assembled flap sequences, fabrication shop, 2010

Monument to Change reviewing fab shop matches to my preliminary color selections, Berkeley studio, 2010