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"Waves
of Light/River of
Ideas"
2001 slumped, colored, tempered glass, fiber
optic light Nine pieces of glass,
2feet X 9 feet each, 6 feet X 96 feet overall
Commissioned
by AT&T and the City of Reno Nevada
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This piece was designed to related to both the
Truckee River which runs right next to the AT&T
Central Office Building and to the communications,
high technology business of AT&T. The twelve
large translucent glass panels are cast in
geometric wave patterns and with a surface texture
that repeats the wave patterns of the overall
shapes. The panels are lit from behind by multiple
bands of fiber optic tubing following the same
wave patterns. The diffused light through the
translucent glass is luminous, brilliant and
glowing at night. During the day the sparkle and
texture of the surface of the glass is more
apparent. Six illuminators, one for each archway,
light the fiber through a sequence of eight colors.
The color that passes along the fiber optics
rhythmically, continuously changes causing the
colored light to appear to flow through the pieces
and create the look of undulating
motion..
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