Title: Solar Bamboo Columns
Artist(s): Thea Lanzisero Monier-Williams
Other Collaborators: Installed with participation by community members.
Year of Creation: 2008
Other Dates: Installed June 14-20, 2008; on view through September 2008
Medium: Bamboo, hemp rope, hay, Spanish moss, rebar, solar panels, batteries, & LEDs
Approximate Dimensions: (HxWxD)8 x 40 x 40 ft.
Description: Several 8 ft. bamboo rods are woven together with hemp rope to form 25 hollow circular columns each about 1 ft. in diameter. These 25 bamboo columns are arrayed in a square matrix 5 columns by 5 columns. Each column is illuminated from its interior at night by LED lights. The lights are powered by batteries charged from solar panels on the upper surface of capitals that cap each column.
Hamlet: Huntington Station
Street/Site Location: Fair Meadows Park
Location Type: Park
Owner/Administrator Classification: Town
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington
Condition Rating: Very Good
Date Last Inventoried: 06/24/2008