Artist: Chakaia Booker Title: Echoing Factors Audio: Date: 2004 Dimensions: 66″ x 96″ x 24″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Rubber tires, wood Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Chakaia Booker Description: In Echoing Factors, Booker’s use of pattern, texture, and subtle variations in color creates an expressive, abstract sculptural relief. A raw explosion of energy emanates from her clever orchestration of bent, looped, and layered tires creating poetic rhythms of swirling forms. Booker describes her approach to her work as being: “Like a painter having a palette, my palette is the textures of the treads, the fibers from discarded materials, and tires that I use to create varied effects.” Related Websites – Chakaia Booker’s Website – An Afternoon in the Park With Shahzia Sikander’s Golden Monuments  –Move Over Moses and Zoroaster: Manhattan Has a New Female Lawgiver – Chakaia Booker at The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Chakaia Booker at National Museum of Women in the Arts – The New York Times article     Suggested Reading– Booker, Chakaia. Jersey Ride, 2004. Call Number: NB237 .B593 A4x 2004