As we announced last week, the Shimmer Wall at the Raleigh Convention Center in Downtown Raleigh has started installation. Almost a week later and the pace has picked up on the construction of one of the largest public art projects in the area.
Construction workers installing the shimmer wall initially stated that they would be putting up a half of a bay per day. The pace started this way and was actually a bit slower than this but after the weekend they have been putting up almost a full bay per day. Four bays installed so far, 10 more to go. You can start to see the black chips on many of the panels that will be a pixelated image formed when the installation is finished. You can see it from various points around downtown Raleigh including South Saunders and the Boylan Bridge.
Does anyone remember a public art installation of this scale? The Barbara Kruger PICTURE THIS aerial installation at the NC Museum of Art comes to mind…
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