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Viva Tree
2017
BRUCE MUNRO (BRITISH)
LED light source, optical fiber, acrylic, stainless steel
Texas Tech University System Administration Building
Viva Tree is a light-based sculpture that is created from a series
of helix type forms suspended from a ceiling plate shaped by
four circles interconnecting. With a palette of light, acrylic,
and stainless steel, the artwork enhances the surrounding
texture of the interior space while retaining its own unique
character and form.
Viva Tree takes its name from the Spanish for live or life.
This is a wonderful expression of harmony with our Spanish
Renaissance architectural heritage. The work expresses the
new beginnings for the building, and is the artist’s salutation
to the future of all who pass through.
Artist Bruce Munro is best known for large immersive light-
based installations inspired primarily by his interest in shared
human experience and connection. Viva Tree is a site-specific
sculpture from the artist’s Light and Language series. The
words “Honor” and “Vision” are etched into the prisms,
written in the dot and dash language of Morse code.
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