"Mystery Achievement" Sculpture at UCR

An intriguing sculpture consisting of two light green orbs and a series of metal hoops resting on cinder blocks was installed on the south side of Olmsted Hall at UC Riverside (900 University Ave, Riverside) in 2021.  The installation, entitled, Mystery Achievement, is the work of Anna Sew Hoy (@exclamationnoir), a sculptor and associate professor at UCLA.  As described in an Inside UCR News article, “Simple geometries are present throughout the piece, becoming an abstract language of shape and space relationships,” Hoy said. “I invite the viewer’s multiple associations, yet don’t allow a fixed meaning to any piece, so that my work is always about transformation and possibility. The phrase "Mystery Achievement" playfully tugs at the viewer's assumptions on what an achievement is at the site where high-achievers congregate.”