Physics Wall
- Title
- Physics Wall
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Sculpture--Themes, motives Architecture sculpture (visual work) public sculpture steelwork (visual works) aluminum (metal)
- Creator
- Bloomer, Kent C., 1935-
- Description
- On the ground floor the bases of the columns are clad with steel plates. Inside there are lights and holes in the steel to suggest fragments of an atomic pattern and represent solid-state physics, the foundation of the physical sciences. The silvery steel light standards on the second floor are shaped to look like two molecules merging and are there to represent the molecular science fields. The staircase leading to the upper floors is faced with the frieze painted with a design like the spiraling "double-helix" of DNA- the molecular chain on which living matter is based. On the top floor, suspended from the ceiling, is a stainless steel sculpture of 1,800 laser-cut stars, representing the field of astrophysics (Bloomer, 1989). K. Bloomer; Physics Wall; 6-89 kent.bloomer@yale.edu The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
- Location
- Lokey Science Complex >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- Willamete Hall, 1371 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene Oregon
- Award Date
- 1989
- Identifier
- 1989_uo_sci-complex_03_b01
- Accession Number
- 1989_uo_sci-complex_03_b01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Bloomer, Kent C., 1935-
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- approximately 70 feet high x 65 feet wide x 20 feet deep
- Material
- Sculpture; Architecture; steel and aluminum
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1989 UO Science Complex 1989_uo_sci-complex
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- 'Physics Wall' is about 4 levels of Physics from solid state, molecular, bio, to astro-physics. It occupies 4 stories of pathways uniting the disciplines. It is conceived as a system of ornament, rather than an autonomous artwork. (Information provided by OAC documentation.) An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/ Willamete Hall atrium
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- This project was conceived as a system of ornament rather than an autonomous artwork (Bloomer, 1989).
