The latest piece of art on UCF\u2019s main campus won\u2019t last forever \u2014 by design. The \u201cpop up\u201d sculpture, a project by senior studio art major Lea Fales, is meant to exist only for a short period. \u201cUntitled,\u201d which Fales created over a five-week period for Associate professor Scott F. Hall\u2019s intermediate sculpture class, was installed on a grassy terrace behind The Burnett Honors College on Feb. 3. Designed to interact with nearby trees, the piece was relocated to the School of Visual Arts & Design (SVAD) Feb. 4 and will finally be displayed in front of The Burnett Honors College Feb. 5.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe temporary nature of this installation is a new concept for me,\u201d she explained. \u201cI am used to choosing materials with permanence in mind, considering the long-term effects of the elements, vandalism and maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hall, who encourages his students to consider site-specific sculptures for his class because the creation of public art is a viable career opportunity, said art pieces are installed up to four times a year around the SVAD.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a wide variety,\u201d Hall said. \u201cThe [sculptures] range from pieces that are more functional to those which are completely esoteric.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic art is extremely important to communicate the culture of the community to the community in which it is found, as well as to visitors,\u201d said Fales. \u201cIt can remind us of the past and inspire us for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students passing by the first location had mixed reactions. Alexandra Galford, who witnessed the installation process while she was walking to class, was glad she got to see it before it was taken down. \u201cUCF is really colorful with their art choices,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople are taking pictures of [the sculpture] and it looks good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elyseo Mendoza appreciates how art like Fales\u2019 adds a \u201cspice\u201d to the main campus. \u201cI don\u2019t know if this art installation means anything to me, but it probably means something to someone,\u201d he said. \u201c[Art] can turn something really mundane into something really special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest piece of art on UCF\u2019s main campus won\u2019t last forever \u2014 by design. The \u201cpop up\u201d sculpture, a project by senior studio art major Lea Fales, is meant to exist only for a short period. \u201cUntitled,\u201d which Fales created over a five-week period for Associate professor Scott F. Hall\u2019s intermediate sculpture class, was installed on a grassy terrace…","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":57149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,27,29],"tags":[650,4168],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-57148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-student-life","category-visual-arts","tag-burnett-honors-college","tag-school-of-visual-arts-and-design"],"yoast_head":"\n