High Line Art and Audemars Piguet Contemporary, the fine watchmaker’s art commissioning program (@audemarspiguet), are pleased to present Meriem Bennani's (@meriembennani) first public sculpture, "Windy," 2022. 🌪️ “Windy,” a kinetic sculpture in the shape of a tornado, can be seen spinning on the High Line at 24th Street at a speed that makes the details of the work almost impossible to grasp—both visually and physically. “Windy” continues the artist’s fascination with animation and the way that drawn and still characters come to life. Merging magical realism, absurdist humor, and techniques from a wide range of moving image genres, Bennani creates video series that tell stories about human behavior and our experiences on- and offline, tackling subjects such as language, displacement, and diasporic living. In the conceptualization of “Windy,” Bennani was inspired by the dynamism and constant movement on the High Line, wishing to make a sculpture that could capture and work within this urban energy. "Windy" will be on view through May 2023. Meriem Bennani, "Windy," 2022. Photo by @timothyschenck.