Muhammad Ali Sculpture makes up of 1,300 speed bags

By Ben on Thu Mar 3 2011
Muhammad Ali Sculpture makes up of 1300 speed

Muhammad Ali Sculpture makes up of 1300 speed
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"using 1,300 punching bags, 6.5 miles of stainless steel cable, and 2,500 pounds of aluminum pipe to construct a 22-foot-high installation that took three years to complete" By artist Michael Kalish.
"The idea for the project came to Kalish as he was falling asleep one night in 2008: an array of custom-made, teardrop-shaped speed bags suspended in midair that, from just one vantage point, align themselves like pixels into an image of Ali's face."

Via bookofjoe, wired
  
#1 Post by Ron, on Thu Mar 3 2011 11:56 PM
That's nuts.
#2 Post by Kurt, on Sat Mar 5 2011 4:54 PM
okay, maybe I'm dumb, but what are speed bags?
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