"Hellion Equilibrium" is a vibrant tempered and laminated colored glass project by Sarah Morris. Installed on the elevated platforms of the 39 Av- Dutch Kills station, Morris’ project can be seen from both the platform and the street below. "Hellion Equilibrium" provides an evolving spectrum of color and sharp-edged shapes that invites the viewer to reflect upon the concepts of motion, scale, light, mapping, and social space through the use of organically evolving forms.   

Throughout Morris’ career, she has been fascinated by a wide range of visual references, including GPS technologies, topological mapping, and industrial graphics. Her artistic practice has always been focused on patterns of movement within the city, whether it be production, commuters, pedestrians, vehicles, or currency. Most recently, she incorporated QR codes referencing specific locations into her paintings, visualizing movement and how it is thought to affect human behavior and perception.   

"Hellion Equilibrium," fabricated by Glassworks Matteo Gonet, references an abstracted rendering of the 39 Av station’s GPS location, and features a spectrum of color and shapes that invite commuters to reflect upon various concepts, and most of all, the ideas of motion, municipal movement, and travel. 

Sarah Morris creates abstract paintings and films to investigate what she describes as "urban, social and bureaucratic typologies." These works, based on different cities, are derived from close inspection of architectural details combined with a critical sensitivity to the psychology of a city and its key protagonists. Morris has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, M Museum, Kunsthalle Bremen, Wexner Center for the Arts, Fondation Beyeler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Palais de Tokyo, Hamburger Bahnhof, and Modern Art.