艺术在波士顿大学的心脏
艺术家们在校园里用意想不到的画布工作
Bob O 'Connor, Cydney Scott（蓝绿色彩虹）
艺术在波士顿大学的心脏
艺术家们在校园里用意想不到的画布工作
Sculptures, paintings, and multimedia works appear on walls, in windows, and along running tracks all across Boston University’s campus. Many are site-specific pieces, designed by artists who draw inspiration from the location and the surrounding environment and communities. Each site offers unique and often irregular canvases. At BU a spectrum of academics, research, and technologies informs and inspires compelling site-specific artwork from a broad range of artists, including students and alumni. CFA艺术教授Hugh O 'Donnell和他的学生寻找方法将看似不同的澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究领域结合在一起：编码和雕塑，绘画和健身，生物化学和版画。“When combined with technology, art can do more than provide entertainment; it can rebuild and reanimate society,” says O’Donnell. 这里精选了CFA学生、校友和澳门威尼斯人注册网站创作的六件艺术品，或者是受大学委托创作的，以及在哪里可以找到它们。
这幅壁画位于联邦大道855号CFA停车场的墙上，由亚历山大·戈洛布（Alexander Golob， 2016年）设计，有棱角分明的形状和舒缓的渐变让人联想到一个巨大的彩色彩色玻璃窗。壁画让人联想到波士顿大学的场景，从Citgo标志到Marsh教堂。Golob was recently commissioned to install artwork expressing Innovate@BU’s vision statement in the University’s BUild Lab Student Innovation Center.
In 2017, sculptor and printmaker Carson Fox debuted her jaw-dropping 230-square-foot installation Blue-Green Brainbow in the lobby of the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering at 610 Commonwealth Ave. Fox’s body of work evokes forms found in nature: coral, ice, and, in this case, neurons. 福克斯澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究了大楼内正在进行的工作，创造了一个装置，该装置参考了一种名为Brainbow的开创性神经成像技术。The piece, which subtly morphs throughout the day as the light shifts across its many surfaces, is composed of 13,500 individually cast resin dots and took six 14-hour days to install. It captures “the beauty and wonder found in the life sciences,” Fox says.
2010年，Rebecca Wasilewski（07届）为StuVi-2学生公寓的大厅设计了一系列不透明的面板。With an open-ended directive that the work should have an element of translucency, Wasilewski created hanging panes that allow light to filter through them in a soft glow, giving the effect of an inky, larger-than-life monoprint. 这些面板是为艺术家的版画系列《显微镜》而设计的。
另一个受科学澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究启发的艺术例子是Heather Richard（1999年）的发光水母，它位于St. Mary ' s St. Noctiluna 8号光子学中心的一楼，它描绘了一只从绿色荧光蛋白中发出空灵之光的水母，于2000年安装。The organic chemical reaction that produces the jellyfish’s light inspired Richard’s installation, commissioned with the challenge to create a work of art using light as a medium; 该作品唤起了传统的干点蚀刻技术。The artwork was cut into acrylic glass, which emits light whenever it is scratched, and layered to imply a jellyfish submerged in water. Its light source comes from ultraviolet fluorescent lights positioned around the piece. At the time, BU School of Medicine professor Osamu Shimomura (Hon.’10) was studying the creature’s bioluminescent protein. 下村于2018年去世，他因发现水母中的绿色荧光蛋白而于2008年获得诺贝尔化学奖。
左图：波士顿大学的公共艺术与波士顿融为一体。CFA的Site-Specific Art课程的学生们注意到波士顿西MBTA站站台上的八个稀疏的面板，并决定将艺术带给绿线的通勤者。Andy Bell (’09), Seth Gadsden (’07), and Kristie Eden O’Donnell (’10) designed three projects that were installed in 2008 and 2009. 在贝尔为波士顿大学西部出站设计的展板上，可以俯瞰联邦大道855号的美术学院，波士顿大学的小猎犬瑞德正在与东北大学的哈士奇吉祥物搏斗。
右图：Josef Kristofoletti（2007年）在波士顿大学健身与娱乐中心室内跑道的墙上设计了充满活力的运动鞋山，名为Sneakerman，当时他还是CFA的一名绘画学生。Kristofoletti went on to become an artist-in-residence at CERN in Switzerland. 在那里，他设计了一幅三层楼高的壁画，描绘了ATLAS粒子探测器，它正在世界上最强大的粒子加速器——大型强子对撞机上收集数据。