Artist: Mark Bradford
Location: Revelle Plaza
The 199-foot tall metal flag-pole-like sculpture—now considered the tallest structure on the University’s campus—is mounted with a flashing light which playfully spells out “What Hath God Wrought” in Morse Code. The titular phrase is notably the first message Samuel Morse tested and transmitted across 41-miles, over the communication system he’d newly designed with partner Alfred Vail, from Baltimore to Washington in 1844.
Learn more: https://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/artist/bradford.html