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Launch of Africa’s largest kinetic sculpture
Africa’s largest kinetic sculpture,
‘The Creovator’, was recently
officially launched at the WesBank
head office in Johannesburg, South
Africa. Weighing over two tonnes,
this amazing piece
of art stands 12m
tall. It has 18 custom
cast balls running
along more than
one kilometre of
metal track and is
activated by two
motors driving two
chains, each of which
are 23 metres long. It
took a team of more
than 70 people to
conceptualise, design
and shape it over six
months.
This magnificent
machine was
carefully designed
and crafted by
sculptor Etienne
de Kock. “I was
honoured to be
a part of such an
exciting brief from
a brave client. After
hundreds of hours
spent planning and
building this piece
of art, I was proud
to see it officially
‘switched on.”
De Kock specialises in large
scale public sculptures and has
successfully concluded works for
the King Abdullah University of
Technology Museum, Saudi Arabia;
Islamic Science and Technology
Museum in Istanbul, and the
‘Sultans of Science’ – an exhibition
which travelled to the USA and
Canada. De Kock has also been
involved in diverse corporate
work both locally and abroad. De
Kock graduated from University
of Pretoria with a BA in Fine Art
(Sculpture and Graphics). He is
currently busy with his master’s
degree in Industrial Design through
CPUT.
The Creovator machine will
stand in the iconic WesBank
head office foyer until 2016 and
beyond, to serve as a ‘living’
barometer. WesBank’s CEO,
Chris de Kock, noted that, “The
machine represents WesBank’s
innovative approach to launching
and making relevant the new
Shared Values for each and every
WesBanker. The purpose is to shift
the organisational
culture in order to
achieve and track
number of ambitious
long term objectives.
It is a tangible and
impressive ex