The Birth of Flight
Category: Permanent
Birth of Flight depicts the American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "butterfly," rising out of a chrysalis of feathers. The sculpture is indicative of the human desire to fly, the reason so many of our guests are visiting IND. Frahm has chosen to focus on the emotional rather than the experimental aspect of that desire.
- Artist: Todd Frahm, Asheville, North Carolina
- Installation: 2010
- Materials: Limestone
- Airport Location: Outdoor Sculpture near Baggage Claim
The use of ASL to express the urge towards flight was inspired by the artist’s teaching of sign language to his infant son: a gesture transcends languages and is accessible to all. This piece was sculpted from limestone in Stone Cloud Studio, a space Frahm shares with fellow artist, Lara Nyuyen in Asheville, North Carolina.