TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Bridging Localities
2014
PETER TONNINGSEN AND LISA LEVINE (AMERICAN)
Photographs Infused in Ceramic Tile
The Rawls Golf Course
Tonningsen and Levine use multiple-imagery to visually describe
and characterize landscape, community, and public space. To
create this mural, each artist began with a single roll of film
and toured the Rawls Golf Course and Texas Tech campus,
photographing scenes and landmarks. That film was then
rewound, exchanged, and the artists duplicated that process
over the top of what the other artist had photographed, creating
a surprising and complexly layered document of the two places.
Bridging Localities helps to establish a connection between Texas
Tech University and the Rawls Golf Course, as well as provide a
unique perspective of each location.
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Knowlege Structure
2015
MARCO CIANFANELLI (SOUTH AFRICAN)
Rusted mild steel
Innovation Hub at Research Park
Sections through the brain, as profiles, are layered in the
reconstruction of the three-dimensional form of Knowledge
Structure, where a parallel between tree and intellect is seen,
exploring the structures of these organic forms. The trunks
and branches represent a notion of different disciplines, which
are interrelated, and interdependent, sharing resources and
displaying a process of growth and interconnectedness. The
form of the human brain is evident, a neural network that
is connected to, as well as dependent on, the earth. The five
columns supporting the brain become conduits. The emphasis
lies in the importance of innovation, science, and technology
in the furthering of humanity, as endeavors that need to be
responsive to and in synergy with, the environment.
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