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Quotes “For a thousand years, architectural glass has been an art of light, whether reflecting or transmitting it, letting it pass through white and whole or splintering it into the colours of the rainbow. In her recent work, however, acclaimed Toronto glass artist Sarah Hall has added something modern to the repertoire of glazing's near-Infinite play with light: the power to transfigure sunshine into electricity." “Sarah Hall has created a stunning and inspiring installation Lux Nova for UBC’s Regent College. The artwork challenges viewers to explore connections between the beauty of art and the preservation of our planet.” “Sarah Hall’s new windows Illuminate but they also create light. Incorporating photovoltaic cells, her installations bestow a double gift: beauty and helpfulness. What more can we wish for?” “Sarah Hall’s work is founded on her exceptionally sensitive understanding of the transformative power of light, and the wondrous effect that light and colour have on the spirit. Her work breathes life and sparkle into spaces and into the people who use them.” "Sarah's achievements in glass are akin to those of the best choreographers in the fields of modern and classical dance. She uses colour and line in architectonic harmony. In Sarah's work, the blend includes the subtle Interrelationships between glass as window, glass as design, and glass functioning in concert with architecture" “In ancient times, people would erect stelae to help them find their way, or to mark significant events. These were often made from stone, and had inscriptions carved into them. Markers of this kind that remain today serve as sources of significant information about the stories and beliefs of cultures that have preceded our own. When Sarah Hall reflects on her Lux Nova project, she thinks of it in much the same way. “It is a contemporary stela – it has a deep resonance with the wayfinding stelae from ancient times.” "Ms. Hall’s work contains a distinct Canadian sensibility. Nature, the landscape, even the breath of the wind itself is somehow captured in her work. Her pieces are evocative of a spiritual sensibility, thus adding to their universal power and potency.” “Sarah Hall has opened herself willingly to a further and unique extension of her craft: the inclusion of photovoltaic cells in her windows’ overall design and purpose. She was willing to learn and experiment, moving into quite uncharted terrain. She is, to the best of my knowledge, the only Canadian artist who has taken this step of active collaboration with electronic engineers. “The True North / Lux Nova wind tower is a marriage of beauty and technology - a tower with layers of meaning and an installation that is the first of its kind - a place where theology, technology, ecology and creativity meet. Sarah Hall is a deeply spiritual visionary who brings all these elements together through her own willingness to let the light inform, inspire, and transform her. She is fluent in the language of light. As a stela for our own time, there is no doubt that Lux Nova will shine a light to help us all find our way forward.” "For Hall, Vancouver architect Clive Grout’s wind tower, standing tall in the park and oriented so that its top points to the star Polaris, is a beacon in the darkness, a device for finding one’s way through the wilderness of contemporary civilization." "True North / Lux Nova is a strong culmination of Sarah Hall’s experimental melding of modern technologies and her ancient art. But it is also an important moment in her ongoing campaign to renew the art of architectural glass in our time." |
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