Flowfield

'Flowfield' is a sculpture created by artist Will Turnbill with the UW-Madison Arts Department in 2008. It was originally located on the rooftop of the Humanities building on the Madison campus as a temporary public arts project. The piece was then moved to the Hancock Agricultural Research Station where it became a part of Pete's Prairie. There are 2,300 steel rods in the sculpture.

Flowfield is Turnbull’s response to the increasing mechanization of the farming industry and marginalization of the independent blacksmith. He states “Every stalk specimen in Flowfield was fabricated, mass-produced and stamped with the efficient grace of a well-oiled machine. And just like contemporary agriculture, it is functionally elegant and effective, but once again, highly forced.”