Infinity Column by the Art Office Team

Indio-based designer/artist Phillip K. Smith the III is putting the final sandblasting finishes on his magnificent Infinity Column project this week with his team. This work in progress will be located on Dinah Shore Drive, east of Monterey Drive, and is the second Art in Public Places project for TAO in Palm Desert. The Infinity Column is, at its conceptual roots, a simple geometric progression. The form is a triangle at the top, which is the least sided polygon. Moving down the sculpture from the triangular top, the form morphs into a square, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, and so forth until the resultant form at the base is a circle, which is an infinitely sided polygon. Built from 45 layers of powder-coated 4" high ¼" steel, the 15'0" high sculpture will be a landmark in this newly developing part of the desert.