Amplifiers – by Nicole Beck

Dedicated: October 10, 2014

Location: Electrical and Computer Engineering [ECE] building at the University of Illinois.
306 N Wright St Urbana, IL 61801, at the entrance from the quad side of the building.

Description: 18′ x 12′ x 6′/ Stainless steel, dichroic glass, RGB LEDs, granite.

Commission by Capital Development Board of Illinois Art-In-Architecture program.

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The shape of the windows of the sculptures mimic the light emission pulses from two electrons oscillating along the axis of a LED.

For more on the Opening Reception, click here..

Making a huge sculpture like this needs a lot of collaboration as well. Stainless steel fabrication by Vector Custom Fabricating. Dichroic glass by Kaiser von Roenn Studios, Tallahassee, Florida; Philips Colorkinetics Programmable RGB LEDs programmed by ECE Junior Brady Salz & Troy Fujimara of Lightswitch, Rigging & Site Installations by Pat Mcdonald and Nash Crane, Granite bases by Eric Lindsey and John Basile, Chicago Heights, electrical wiring & installation by Renewables Specialists Trang Donovan and proposal renders by Christopher Tedin.

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Above video by Bon Bon Films, Inc.

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Sculptor Nicole Beck collaborated with Vector in structural engineering, creating CADs and fabrication of the sculptures and the dichroic glass.

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