Here, at the SNFCC’s Rear Agora, you are standing in front of the sculpture Spirals, created in 1976 and showcased at the sculptor’s solo exhibition at Campo Pisani, Venice, the same year. It now belongs to the Portalakis Collection. Made of stainless steel, with a 3.25m diameter, the kinetic sculpture consists of 145 spiraling metal sheets. Their motion is affected by the wind, thus different weather conditions make it emanate different sounds. Zongolopoulos used to say that the spirals could be interpreted as tree foliage. Maybe this was his way to render a tree in abstraction. Moving on from here, and while strolling around the rest of the sculptures, make sure you notice that motion and sound are integral elements of most of the artist’s work. They offer the rhythm needed so that the sculpture can converse with the observer as well as with its surroundings.