A New Meter

In A New Meter, Cori Matyas brings together ceramics and steel in a quietly kinetic meditation on water, measurement, and unseen systems. Suspended forms drip, funnel, and balance, suggesting both utility and ritual—an object that feels at once engineered and ceremonial. Guest Judge Geraldo Rodriguez described the work as “an expected/unexpected combination that makes you want to see more,” a sentiment echoed in the sculpture’s tension between industrial structure and organic material. Rooted in clay yet responsive to movement and gravity, A New Meter reimagines how we sense water and energy—not as static resources, but as rhythms continuously shaping the world around us.