{"229901":{"#nid":"229901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Arts@Tech Brings \u0027Engineered Art\u0027 to Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast week, the three final works of the 15-piece outdoor sculptures exhibit, \u0022Engineered Art,\u0022 were installed on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInternationally acclaimed, Chattanooga-based sculptor John Henry is the curator for the exhibition. His work, \u201cLa Tour,\u201d the 50-foot tall steel piece located on the Instructional Center lawn near Boggs Chemistry Building, is also included in the exhibit. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Whistle\u003C\/em\u003E recently spoke with Henry\u0026nbsp; about his approach to sculpting. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are his thoughts:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cMy general philosophy about sculpture is, in the words of Herman Rusch who was a na\u00efve sculptor from northern Wisconsin, \u2018I just like to make things. I\u2019m a builder.\u2019 And that\u2019s really what I am\u2026 a builder. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI came from a line of builders. I had a great uncle who went around the country building barns for people. My grandfather built things and tilled the soil. My father built homes and developed land, and he also made furniture. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThen I came along and upset the apple cart a little bit because nothing I make anybody really needs! There\u2019s a whole different philosophy about that because some people think they need it a lot. I\u2019m very thankful for those people. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESculpture is about building things for the environment in which you live. I think sculptors need to understand their environment. They need to understand the society in which they live. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s important that I make things that have a certain connection with architecture and the man-made environment we live in, like this campus, which is a very good example. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI\u2019m not too interested in what is called \u2018site-specific sculpture\u2019 because sites change. You can [create] something incredibly specific for a specific place. Chances are, 20 years from now, that site will change. It will have a different use. And, if your piece is too specific, it doesn\u2019t mean anything anymore. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI think it\u2019s very important to make things that can change with time, can have new meanings, and can take on other meanings that you haven\u2019t even thought about now. That\u2019s my philosophy about sculpture.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEngineered Art\u201d is part of Arts@Tech, an initiative to enhance the Tech community by fostering programs and events spanning the arts spectrum at the intersection of technological innovation and creative expression. Arts@Tech is an outcome of the Institute\u2019s strategic plan.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast week, the three final works of the 15-piece outdoor sculptures exhibit, \u0022Engineered Art,\u0022 were installed on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Last week, the three final works of the 15-piece outdoor sculptures exhibit, \u0022Engineered Art,\u0022 were installed on the Georgia Tech campus."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-08-19 15:19:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"229961":{"id":"229961","type":"image","title":"Squirt","body":null,"created":"1449243582","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:42","changed":"1475894901","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:21","alt":"Squirt","file":{"fid":"197505","name":"squirt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/squirt_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/squirt_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":683886,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/squirt_0.jpg?itok=Twk7LMwE"}},"229951":{"id":"229951","type":"image","title":"Big Red Tumpkin","body":null,"created":"1449243582","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:42","changed":"1475894901","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:21","alt":"Big Red Tumpkin","file":{"fid":"197504","name":"bigredtumpkin.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bigredtumpkin_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bigredtumpkin_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":155552,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bigredtumpkin_0.jpg?itok=OQyutMxp"}}},"media_ids":["229961","229951"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Arts"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"64641","name":"arts@tech"},{"id":"71741","name":"Engineered Art"},{"id":"71501","name":"john henry"},{"id":"171274","name":"sculptures"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}