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- From: "Steve Wright" <swright AT townofchapelhill.org>
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- Subject: [Chpac-staff] FW: Town In News: 8:13:08
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:36:04 -0400
Dear
CHPAC, Reproduced
and linked below is an article on the -Steve -
Public art lights up in CHAPEL
HILL - Glass and light artist Ray King has spent five years on his latest
project. He has submitted and resubmitted plans to the town, constructed
more than 2,000 light-responsive, laminated glass cylinders over five months,
and worked 12-hour days to complete the terrazzo floor installation. http://www.newsobserver.com/264/story/1175589.html Public art lights up in Sadia Latifi, Staff WriterComment on this
story CHAPEL HILL - Glass and light artist Ray
King has spent five years on his latest project. He has submitted and resubmitted plans to
the town, constructed more than 2,000 light-responsive, laminated glass
cylinders over five months, and worked 12-hour days to complete the terrazzo
floor installation. Now, he wants nothing more than for people
to walk all over it. King completed his piece, "Eddies of
Light," this week at the new "It's a democratic artwork. Everybody
is going to come in, and they're all going to walk across the floor," King
said. "Just by moving, you're going to experience art." Chapel Hill is one of three "People have said, 'It's absolutely
beautiful, but so what?' " he said. "Look at the opening ceremony of
the Olympics. Do we say, 'So what?' "Certainly you don't have to have
this on the floor, and you can be totally utilitarian, but if you can have
something of beauty that people can derive pleasure from, then why not?" Entrepreneur Gene Pease led an advisory
committee that reviewed the town budget for possible savings three years ago.
He said the committee looked at the public art program but couldn't reach
consensus. "It was a philosophical difference,"
he said. "Some felt that the town should not be engaged in funding
non-critical services, and some felt that public art was as vital as parks and
recreation. "I am a big supporter of it as long
as it's in public areas and visible and able to be used in the public,"
Pease said. Public art installed at the new Town Operations Center on the
northern edge of town is not very public, he said. At the King, who is from "People start to recognize the design
and quality and how they see the town changes," he said. "It adds to
the cultural network of the town. Art shouldn't be elitist, and it's not a
mystery. "Once you get past sticker shock, you
find it's worth it more and more," he said. sadia.latifi@newsobserver or (919)
829-4768 |
- [Chpac-staff] FW: Town In News: 8:13:08, Steve Wright, 08/13/2008
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