Thursday 14 February 2013

O'HARA DIMENSIONS

O'Hara Dimensions   ©Michael G. O'Brien


The last time I travelled through O'Hara airport was on the way back from a Sun Dance in S. Dakota. Going through the light sculpture passageway is always an experience but this time it really struck me that these people were being elevated, lifted up during a part of their journey.

The sculpture is called "The Sky’s the Limit” by Michael Hayden. 

It measures 744 feet long by 18 feet high by 40 feet wide, and incorporates over 23,600 square feet of mirror, reflecting 466 neon tubes that would stretch over a mile long if laid end to end.

It runs the entire length of the ceiling above two moving sidewalks, and is composed of white sections on either end with a rainbow of colors in between. It is controlled by 3 different computers cycling through various patterns and never repeats itself. Along the sides of the corridor, undulating walls with various pastel colors make for a very vibrant space.