The word "sculpture" doesn't usually bring to mind a set of bells, four projection screens and a complex network of computers and speakers. However, in a celebration of Ball State University's technological prowess, a few Ball State professors are putting up an interactive, multimedia art installation right on McKinley Avenue.
The sculpture is an exciting combination of art and technology, which showcases the university's creativity as well as its current status as a national technological leader.
Perhaps more importantly, it brings in everyone on campus, involving them in the actual creation of the display.
From dusk today until 11 p.m. Wednesday, every time you log on to Ball State's wireless network or use wireless services somewhere on campus, a visual or aural representation of your wireless use will pop up in the display. Each of Ball State's wireless users will be indicated; each of them will be interacting through this artwork.
The sculpture is an innovative representation of our wireless system - something most of us probably have never tried to imagine or understand, even though we might use it every day.
College is a place and time for experimentation and expression. For Ball State, this will be a unique display of both collegiate-level artistic expression and exciting technological advancements - all things Ball State students, faculty and staff can be proud of their university for.
In particular, Ball State is using its technology and resources to show its own technological capabilities - and to communicate to members of the university community how each of them is a component of what makes this wireless system so impressive.
And the more the wireless system is used in the next couple of days, the more interesting the exhibit will be.
So take a moment today or Wednesday to stop by Shafer Tower and observe the amount of wireless interactivity going on all around you on campus every day.
And if you can, get online with a laptop or call a friend on your cell phone - we can all be a part of the sculpture.
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