air, or in water." 1.26 1.26 is a aerial sculpture originally created for the City of Denver's Biennial of the Americas celebration in July 2010. The city requested a large-yet-temporary work exploring the theme of interconnectedness of the 35 nations of the Western Hemisphere. Its form was inspired by data sets of the tsunami's wave height rippling across the Pacific Ocean. Unable to use a steel armature, as in her previous permanent commissions, a UHMWPE support structure was developed. This resulted in a lightweight, low-impact design which could be temporarily attached to existing architectural structures, and also allowed the sculpture to better respond to the wind. The fluidly moving form of the sculpture contrasts with the rigid architectural surfaces, and at night darkness conceals the support cables while colored lighting creates the appearance of a floating luminous form. Its first installation was in downtown Colorado, suspended from the roof of the seven-story Denver Art Museum. It has since traveled to exhibitions on five continents: Sydney's Art & About Festival (2011); the Amsterdam Light Festival (2012–13); Singapore (2014); Montreal (2015); the Signal Festival in Prague (October 2015); the Lumiere festival in Durham, England (November 2015); and Santiago, Chile (2016). 1.8 1.8 is a large aerial net sculpture which undulates in the wind and weather. It can be transported and installed for exhibitions, tethered to existing architecture. At night, colored light is projected onto the sculpture and can be altered via smartphone app by the viewing public, creating interacting ripples of color. The sculpture's title refers to the period in microseconds that the day was shortened as a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and its form was inspired by data sets of the tsunami's wave height rippling across the Pacific Ocean. The artwork attempts to relate the audience's complex interdependencies with larger cycles of time and the physical world, its structure a physical manifestation of interconnectedness, as every element effects every other. 1.8 premiered at the January 2016 Lumiere festival in London, where it was installed 180 feet (55 m) over the busy pedestrian area of Oxford Circus. Its first showing in the United States was at San Diego's Embarcadero Marina Park South for the 2016 Adobe MAX Creativity Conference. Personal life Echelman is married to David Feldman and they have two children. Awards Public Art Network's Year in Review Award (2005, 2010, 2015, 2017) Tuft's University Honorary Doctorate