Friday, April 18, 2008
View a photographic slide show of the John David Mooney art installation
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Click here to view the slideshow. The College of Liberal Arts hosted the urban designer John David Mooney as artist-in-residence April 9-16, 2008. During that week, Mooney created a temporary art installation on the USI Quadrangle in collaboration with USI art students and faculty. The 1,740-foot spiral drawing, made with sawdust and multi-hued flags, was illuminated with 1,200 tiny lamps for an opening and lighting ceremony on the evening of April 16. Mooney said the work was reminiscent of the patterns, rhythms, and cycles of nature; Native American designs; the contemplative nature of study and research; and the labyrinths located at USI and Historic New Harmony. Mooney has executed large-scale, site-specific pieces encompassing architecture and landscape for such clients as the U.S. State Department, the Australian government, the Vatican Observatory, the IBM Corporation, the British Foreign Office, the Maltese government, and American Airlines. Mooney will return to work with students at USI and Historic New Harmony in fall 2008. |
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