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Pillars of Thought at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library (Lower Level)

Mags Harries & Lajos Heder


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Location

Scottsdale Civic Center Library (Lower Level)

3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Description

Completed: 1998

Media: kinetic steel, concrete, glass, special light fixtures, motors, sun reflectors, fiberglass

Pillars of Thought

Five monumental columns run along the central aisle of the main reading room. A large face in silhouette at the top of each column projects images onto large rounded screens positioned in the clerestories. The Pillars of Thought form a procession, representing a visual metaphor for the life of the mind. Light and shadow projections symbolize different styles of thinking (structured vs. random, focused vs. divergent, geometric vs. informal). The projections, or thought patterns, slowly move and change as sunlight shines through water- and wind-driven reflectors. People sitting in the reading room are aware of the shifting patterns overhead without actually being distracted by them.

 

 

 

 

 

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