top of page
Creative Machines Logo_Large.png

Life is a Ball is an audio-kinetic sculpture made for the lobby of the WMS Gaming company. It contains three separate orange tracks including devices such as a bounce & catch, clumper, dip, helix Guger, loop & catch, and dumper. There is a bright green Wok and a yellow triangular Pin Board. The machine also incorporates a number of musical elements including stairs of chimes, a series of bells, a rapid hit woodblock, and a woodblock series.

Date:

2008

Location:

WMS Gaming, Waukegan, IL

Dimensions:

6’6” x 4’6” x 4’6”

Artist:

George Rhoads

Life is a Ball

CM Logo.png

COPYRIGHT © 2025

Creative Machines Inc.

4141 E. Irvington Rd.

Tucson, Arizona 85714

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Our Creative Machines shop is located on the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation. We are nestled in the heart of Tucson, Arizona, a vibrant, culture-rich city, both presently and historically. This land was home to some of the earliest people in North America, the Hohokam, and we honor and respectfully acknowledge the indigenous nations that have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the Tohono O’odham and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT

bottom of page