Strolling Through the Forest of Light

Published on: August 26, 2019 By: Amy Stumbris

Forest Gallery - Header — The *Forest of Light*'s individual LED poles can be programmed to display in a range of colors.

The art installation, Forest of Light, illuminates part of West Campus. Dallas-based artists Tom Orr and Frances Bagley commissioned the colorful LED piece that was anonymously gifted to the institution. Click through the gallery below for a full view of the artwork. Also, visit the story on Center Times Plus.

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Forest of Light took two years to plan. Artists Tom Orr and Frances Bagley present the project plan as installation begins.

Crews lifted the steel and acrylic poles through the West Campus Building 3 parking garage roof.

The 23 acrylic tubes housing LED lights and 57 powder-coated steel poles were installed one at a time.

During the day, the brightly painted steel poles dominate the experience.

A detail shot of the poles, which were bolted to the floor.

Poles were bolted to the floor, then the bases covered in gravel.

LED poles are wired under the roof of the parking garage.

During the day, the painted steel poles dominate the experience; at night, LEDs prevail.

The technical piece can be viewed from several spots across the main campus.

The work is comprised of 80 tree-like poles, spanning 1,500 square feet of the fourth-floor rooftop garden at West Campus Building 3.

The work took a month to install and spans 1,500 square feet of the fourth-floor rooftop garden at West Campus Building 3.

Artists Tom Orr and Frances Bagley enjoy the final installed piece.

Colors can be shifted using a software application, allowing for a broad range of programming options.