In partnership with the Maryland State Arts Council

The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s new Health Sciences Research Facility III will be the site of the state’s newest public art. “Stochastic Interactions,” created by artist Eric Peltzer is a 30 ft. tall kinetic wind sculpture suggesting the human form through the filter of a DNA molecule – reflecting the genome research taking place in the new building.

The university’s first public art project was administered through the Maryland Public Art Initiative program, which sets aside a percentage of capital construction costs for the integration of public art in new or renovated state buildings or site. Artists are selected through an open call jury panel process andwork with a multi-disciplinary team includingdesigners, engineers, fabricators, contractors and project managers.

The title, "stochastic" is a term describing random processes related to genetics and molecular biology. The random patterns of the wind interacting with the mechanical movements of the sculpture are meant to suggest the random processes at work on our genetics. (See Stochastic Interactions in motion.)

When: Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 11am

Where: Health Sciences Research Facility III Plaza, 670 W. Baltimore St. at Pine Street

Who: 

UMB President Jay A. Perman, MD
Md. First Lady Yumi Hogan
Ken Skrzesz, Executive Director, Md. State Arts Council
Catherine Leggett, Chair, Md. State Arts Council
Mike Gill, Md. Commerce Secretary

Info: For more information, contact Alex Likowski at UMB, alikowski@umaryland.edu, 410.292.3925 or Liesel Fenner at MSAC, Liesel.Fenner@maryland.gov, 443.690.7174

About the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Founded in 1807, the University of Maryland, Baltimore is Maryland’s only public health, law, and human services university, dedicated to excellence in education, research, clinical care, and public service. UMB enrolls 6,500 students in six nationally ranked professional schools — medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and social work — and an interdisciplinary Graduate School. The university provides more than $40 million each year in uncompensated care to Maryland citizens, and receives more than $500 million in extramural research funding annually. For more information about the University of Maryland, Baltimore visit www.umaryland.edu.