HaBATat
HaBATat
- Creator: Mark Baltes
- Date: 2012
- Location: Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve
- Types: sculpture (visual work)
- Materials: steel (alloy)
- Collection: Site-Based Works
A steel sculpture influence by origami technique resembling a bat in flight. The bat was selected because of its importance to the wetland ecosystem. The sculpture provides a refuge in a unique bat roost / nursery skillfully concealed within. The artwork is designed to be aesthetically pleasing, utilizing the artistic simplicity of origami to provide shelter in its folds to create a structure for roosting bats. The interior roosting chambers are constructed in accordance with strict design guidelines set forth by research done by the Bat Conservation International (BCI) organization. The roosting feature does not compromise the artistic integrity of the piece, rather it reinforces the work and focuses attention on bat appreciation. The cavity area is designed to accommodate day, night, and nursery roosts for several hundred little brown and big brown bats.
