Jonathan Borofsky\’s Walking to the Sky was installed on campus recently, right in the middle of the CMU campus on the Cut. This is an installation with figures of people \”walking\” 100 feet into the sky, tilted at a 75 degree angle. The piece was originally in New York City and was donated to CMU recently by an anonymous donor. Borofsky, a CMU alum, bases this piece on a story that his father used to tell him about giants in the sky. Furthermore, this Sunday, he will receive an honorary phd from CMU during commencement.

Controversy had circled around this installation earlier, saying that it took up space on campus. Of course, it does! Compared with the round snowman, the Kraus Campo, and random installations throughout campus…

It gives CMU a somewhat alternative flavor. CMU is known for its technical CS side, but not so much for art and design. I mean, where else can I walk through a building and come across a row of mirrors…then suddenly a chair at the very end of the hallway. Definitely not at Berkeley.