Central Washington University, Ellensberg, WA

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Public art component for the entry lobby of the Health Sciences Building, a new facility created to bring the various department programs together into a single centralized facility. The local culture of fly fishing served as inspiration for a suspended composition of hundreds of insect forms selected from species commonly used in local fly patterns placed in three groupings mounted at different levels within the main lobby. Referencing the schooling, flocking and shoaling found in nature, it is intended as an analogy to the site’s function both within and outside of the campus context. The installation will be illuminated internally at night appearing as insects swarming around lights, a universal symbol of education. Referencing the schooling, flocking and shoaling found in nature, it is intended as an analogy to the site’s function both within and outside of the campus context. The installation will be illuminated internally at night appearing as insects swarming around light, the universal symbol of knowledge.

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