''Silicon Forest'', sometimes referred to as ''The Silicon Forest'',
is an outdoor 2003 sculpture by
Brian Borrello, installed near the
Interstate/Rose Quarter station in
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
's
Lloyd District
The Lloyd District is a primarily commercial neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is named after Ralph Bramel Lloyd (1875–1953), a California rancher, oilman, and real estate developer who ...
, in the United States.
Description and reception
Brian Borrello's ''Silicon Forest'' (2003) is an
abstract sculpture made of stainless steel and
light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (corre ...
(LED) lights, installed at
Interstate/Rose Quarter station in Portland's
Lloyd District
The Lloyd District is a primarily commercial neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is named after Ralph Bramel Lloyd (1875–1953), a California rancher, oilman, and real estate developer who ...
.
It depicts a series of trees with thin trunks and cone-shaped foliage.
The piece has been called a "three-part metaphor for displacement and change".
The solar artwork's steel trees illuminate using electricity powered by solar panels.
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In 2013, ''Solar Power World'' Frank Andorka ranked the sculpture third in his list of "11 Must-See Art Installations, Inspired by Solar Panels".][
]
See also
* 2003 in art
The year 2003 in art involved various significant events.
Events
*January 21 – The Spire of Dublin is completed.
*May 11 – Benvenuto Cellini's '' Saliera'' is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
*June 15–November 2 – A ...
* LED art
LED art is a form of light art constructed from light-emitting diodes. LEDs (light emitting diodes) are very inexpensive to purchase and have become a new way to make street art. Many artists who use LEDs are guerrilla artists, incorporating LED ...
* Light art
Light art or the art of light is generally referring to a visual art form in which (physical) light is the main, if not sole medium of creation. Uses of the term differ drastically in incongruence; definitions, if existing, vary in several aspe ...
References
External links
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{{Public art in Portland, Oregon
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Steel sculptures in Portland, Oregon