The Sports Performance Center is also home to “Run”, a public art piece created by Simon Donovan and Ben Olmstead, as part of the Texas Tech University System Public Art Collection. ”Run” showcases five sequential depictions of a female athlete running and was inspired by images of Texas Tech University track athletes. Each pose appears to be captured by freeze-frame or stop-motion animation. To create the illusion of movement, each figure is created out of dozens of laser cut vertical slices of stainless steel, with each layer held apart by pegs. “Run” can be found on the northwest corner of the Texas Tech University Sports Performance Center where it is illuminated at night by red LED lights.
