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    		• Hollis, Douglas,
     
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    		• Sayre, Tom,
     
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    		• Clearscapes,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Allegory -- Senses
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Listening Vessels, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hollis, Douglas, 1948- , sculptor.
    Sayre, Tom, 1940- , sculptor.
    Clearscapes, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Listening Vessels, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Installed Oct. 1, 1988.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: red cast concrete; Base: metal and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    2 parts Each sound chamber: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft.; Each base: approx. 3 in. x 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. (36,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Two identical upright square concrete chambers with concave circular openings, facing each other approximately ninety feet apart. There is a seat within the concave area of each chamber. The chambers sit on a metal base, atop concrete rectangle.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Senses -- Hearing
    Object Type: 
    Bench
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Raleigh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by North Carolina State University, Visual Arts Center, Cates Avenue, Box 7306, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
    Located North Carolina State University, University Plaza Brickyard, near D. H. Hill Library, W. Broughton Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture was designed as an audio-interactive sculpture. The sculpture uses sound magnification and resonance to project the voice of those sitting in the chambers, so they can carry on a conversation. Commissioned for $20,000 by the Art Committee of the U.S. Olympic Festival to celebrate the Summer 1987 games held in the Research Triangle. Funded by North Carolina Amateur Sports and the North Carolina Arts Council. IAS files contain newsclipping from the Technician (Raleigh, NC) dated Oct. 14, 1988; and excerpts from two North Carolina State University publications, Official Bulletin and Calender, Oct. 26, 1988; and News Release, Oct. 24, 1988. Sculptures were cast in Morgantown under the direction of Thomas Sayre and the architectural firm of Clearscapes.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS NC000038
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