Gelwell

Title: Gelwell
LC Subject: Sculpture Steel Architecture constructions (sculpture) light art public sculpture <sculpture by function> site-specific works
Creator: Mayer, Jerry
Description: A detailed view from the stairs, looking upward, of Jerry Mayer's light sculpture located at OSU's Withycombe Theater. The sculpture is comprised of two stacks of four florescent fixtures supported by steel channels (vertical) that are anchored in masonary at the bottom and a steel ceiling beam at the top. The fixtures are wired through an "on/off" switch and a Y-channel controller located in the light booth. Gellwell, Jerry Mayer; OSU Theater; 1993 The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artcentric.org/
View: contextual, view from stairs
Location: Withycombe Hall, Oregon State University >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 2901 S. W. Campus Way, Corvallis Oregon For a map of this location, see http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/?BN=Withycombe+Hall
Award Date: 1993
Identifier: 1994_osu_withycombe_theater_01_a02
Accession Number: 1994_osu_withycombe_theater_01_a02
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Mayer, Jerry
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 4 X 8 feet each
Material: Sculpture; Mixed media; light sculpture; florescent fixtures supported by steel channels
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1994 Oregon State University Withycombe Hall Theater 1994_osu_withycombe_theater
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: southwest stairwell of University Theater, Withycombe Hall
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: Gelwell is intended to act as a campus landmark locating the university theater. By day it interacts with and builds on the incoming daylight into the theater foyer and adds a colorful detail to the exterior of the building. By night it casts a vibrant and colorful ambience over the theater foyer and adds a glowing and rich focus to the exterior of the building. On performance nights, Gelwell will welcome theater-goers with its kinetic "personality." Inside, the mood will be one of hightened excitement and outside, the message will be sent that "something is happening here." Gelwell's pragmatic, minimalistic, "off-the-shelf-store-bought," yet elegant materials pay homage to the production side of theater- with a suggestion of lighting instruments and lighting gels and a "behind-the-scenes" feel. These materials offer surprising contrast and harmony with the exisiting architecture (both original and renovation) and are fully integrated with it through location and scale. (Mayer, 1994.)