Touched By Time

Permanent public commission
Downtown Cultural District, Arlington, TX
Completion December 2026
Funded by the Tomorrow Foundation

Touched by Time is a permanent public sculpture commissioned to mark Arlington’s 150th anniversary. A layered glass column rises from the plaza, its strata catching and bending daylight as the sun moves across the sky. At its base, an interactive sundial invites visitors to read the hour themselves, turning the earth’s rotation into something they can see and take part in. Together, the column and the dial give time a physical form, built up in layers and read through light and shadow. Ginsberg treats glass as an instrument, here set to measure a single day against the slow accumulation of a city’s history

Touched by Time, 2026
Rendering
Column: 144 x 24 x 24 in. (366 x 61 x 61 cm)
Sundial: 360 in. diameter (914 cm)
Low-iron architectural float glass, stainless steel, concrete, LED

Touched by Time, 2026
Rendering
Column: 144 x 24 x 24 in. (366 x 61 x 61 cm)
Sundial: 360 in. diameter (914 cm)
Low-iron architectural float glass, stainless steel, concrete, LED

Touched by Time, 2026
Rendering
Column: 144 x 24 x 24 in. (366 x 61 x 61 cm)
Sundial: 360 in. diameter (914 cm)
Low-iron architectural float glass, stainless steel, concrete, LED

Light study of the winter solstice shadow just touching the column and sundial schematic tracing the shadow’s path through the year. Renderings, 2026

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