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Media Highlight: Science meets art in new display at Dalhousie University

Posted by Communications and Marketing on February 21, 2013 in Media Highlights

From CTV Atlantic:

A piece of art at Dalhousie University in Halifax is turning heads, not only because of its beauty, but because it moves.  

The installation, called Patch, was designed by a PhD computer science student who also happens to have a fine arts degree.

Inspired by the building’s internal smart technology, Patch reflects its environment in real time.

“I’m trying to create an artwork that will surprise even me as an artist, in ways that I don’t necessarily intend,” says artist Stephen Kelly. “We wanted to give an idea or an impressionistic display of what’s going on in the building.”

Read the rest of this story (and watch video) at the CTV Atlantic website.