The Public Art League is proud to announce the installation of Glory Pipes 2.0, a sculpture by the Fairfield Enterprises Public Art Collective on Friday, November 1st. The Public Art League worked with the City of Champaign to complete the installation at the corner of Main and Chestnut streets in downtown Champaign. Glory Pipes 2.0 represents the 40th sculpture Public Art League has brought to the community, and its installation is possible thanks to the generous support of "The Old Depot".
The designers and engineers responsible for this sculpture are part of the Fairfield Enterprises Public Art Collective, a team which strives to create contemporary yet organic sculptures that bring to the site a shining presence by day and a radiant light show by night. Lead by Stephen Fairfield, Ph.D., and supported by Patrick Marcus, Ph.D., E.E., and Emily Taylor, the Collective creates energy efficient, solar powered new media sculptures that utilize color, light and motion sensors incorporated in contemporary forms.
Glory Pipes 2.0 contains 26 red/green/blue light emitting diodes, capable of displaying 16.4 million different color combinations. When a passive infrared sensor detects people within its range, the brightness of the LEDs increases greatly, and they change colors, patterns and frequencies more rapidly. The high activity state remains until a short time after people leave the area, at which point the program returns to a low activity state, conserving power. By moving in and out of the sensor’s detection area observers may become participants, switching the software and “playing” the sculpture’s display.
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