The shimmer wall depicts an oak tree - Raleigh's nickname is the City of Oaks - that dances in the wind. The effect comes from 79,464 aluminum squares that flap in the wind.
Read more about it here.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Shimmer!
My friend Eric took the picture below of the shimmer wall, a 9,284-square-foot piece of art that adorns the McDowell Street side of the new convention center downtown.
The shimmer wall depicts an oak tree - Raleigh's nickname is the City of Oaks - that dances in the wind. The effect comes from 79,464 aluminum squares that flap in the wind.
Read more about it here.
The shimmer wall depicts an oak tree - Raleigh's nickname is the City of Oaks - that dances in the wind. The effect comes from 79,464 aluminum squares that flap in the wind.
Read more about it here.
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