University of California San Diego

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  1. Campus Life

    1. Performance & Art

      1. Stuart Collection

        1. What Hath God Wrought, 2018

          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