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3 <br /> <br /> <br />“Do continue the great impactful work” <br />Jai Winston, Director of the Knight Foundation <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sheet bronze patinated in shades of blue would form the “highways of rivers” in which the community of fish school together in <br />Slipstream. The sculpture could also be sited on the corner closer to the river as seen above. <br /> <br /> <br />A. General Information <br />The Milligan Studio offers Slipstream. Bronze, steel, and kiln-formed architectural recycled glass, 10ft (H) x 4’ (W), solar-powered <br />illuminated sculpture will facilitate both communal and individual experiences. It can be “read” from afar, as it will appear to be a leaping <br />fish with a blue river winding through it. Up close, one will see that the fish is actually a series of intertwining steel representing the <br />highways as Slipstream is in honor of Charles Merritt Babcock who <br />developed the Minnesota Highway system. <br /> <br />This “river” of highway is constructed of schools of blue kiln- <br />formed glass fish of all different sizes and shapes, swimming <br />together, making progress, powered by nature. It is a slipstream <br />highway of color and light. <br /> <br />As we know from biology, diverse fish that swim in the same <br />direction, or school, live better lives together. Their community <br />makes them stronger. The same is true of a community such as Elk <br />River, where Babcock once lived. The highway system of <br />Minnesota, made manifest by his amendment, is our state’s <br />slipstream to progress. <br /> <br />Slipstream with its dramatic blues cast in bronze and kiln glass is a <br />striking metaphor. Sheet bronze patinated to represent water. (DETAIL)