The Gramophone Loudspeakers Of Justice

Business took me to an area of Denver today (near 40th and York) that has been undergoing a great deal of urban renewal lately, and of course as Denver has embraced the "1% For Art" rider for all capital improvement projects, and this area of Denver was sporting a brand new paved hike/bike path, there were a few new art installations in evidence.

This one meets just about all the standard requirements for a Denver Public Art project - it is composed of ordinary objects made large, it's constructed of weather resistant steel, and it's painted orange.

 

The ordinary object that this sculpture is based on is the classic Gramophone loudspeaker. Two of them, in fact, placed on opposite sides of the stream that parallels the hike/bike path, and angled towards each other.

On both of the large Gramophone loudspeakers the title of a landmark ruling regarding racist directives in Wills & Trusts in Colorado, the Dunbar Vs Clayton case with the year of the adjudication of the case, has been cut into the lower half of the front of the horns.

The Dunbar vs Clayton ruling was upheld by the the doctrine of cy pres, so there you go, something to look up and glean a little knowledge from. 

Could not find attribution anywhere for this sculpture installation, so unfortunately I am unable to credit the artist at this time