Joe Fix
photo: Egils Zarins
Murmuration
Aluminum pipe, plastic
Murmuration is the phenomenon of large flocks of birds – especially starlings – flying in swooping, coordinated patterns. Scientists studying murmurations have concluded that each bird affects its seven closest neighbors.
Joe Fix is a structural engineer living in Newbury. He has been creating outdoor public sculpture for 20 years. See www.joefixsculpture.com.