WHO: “Goldie 1971” aka “The Fallen Robot” by former Alabama graduate student Joe McCreary.
WHAT: An art instillation depicting a futuristic/steampunk 23-foot long robot who appears to have run out of juice and collapsed lifeless to the ground, only to rust over. It is one of five public art installations in the quad. Goldie is made from scrap iron cast at the Furnaces.
WHERE: Woods Quad, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 on the campus of the University of Alabama, between the Gorgas Library and Ferguson Center. It rests on the northeast corner of the Woods Quad, in front of Woods Hall.