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From YouTube: City News - "Small Talk About the Weather"
Description
The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA) unveiled the interactive public art project “Small Talk About the Weather” in the pedestrian corridor of its Arts District Garage in celebration of its 50th Anniversary.
The installation consists of nine bands that swirl along the length of the pedestrian corridor of the garage. LED lights illuminate the bands and display synchronized patterns; an artistic representation of Doppler radar images from Oklahoma City’s historic cloud and storm patterns into an artistic representation of the city’s weather.
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It
always
thrives
on
a
challenge
and
I
was
so
intrigued
and
delighted.
When
I
saw
this
school
for
Paris,
it's
not
every
day
see
a
call
to
do
art
in
a
parking
garage,
but
the
challenges
and
the
opportunity
that
are
presented
was
just
too
much
to
resist
and
so
we're
so
bad
copper
than
the
city
would
given
us
the
chance
to
to
do
this.
So
I
live
in
a
boat,
surrounded
by
mountains
and
I
could
have
surrounded
by
oceans
and
rivers.
A
In
my
thoughts
as
as
we
came
up
with
the
concept
for
this
art
piece,
and
then
it
was
also
the
sense
I
like
to
say
that
no
art
piece
said
my
company
does
is
complete
until
people
bring
some
of
themselves
to
it,
and
so
we're
going
to
invite
you
guys,
starting
with
an
air
cornet,
to
bring
some
of
yourself
to
the
artwork.
But
when
you
press
the
button
about
the
sensor,
you
can
wave
your
hands,
you
could
make
a
movie
on
your
cell
phone.
A
B
As
I
think
it
open
on
the
city
of
creating
a
city
when
visitors
come
in,
we
give
them
what
they
expect,
but
we
also
give
them
things
that
they
don't
expect
and
I
would
suggest
that
this
project
falls
into
that
latter
category.
No
one
is
going
to
come
here
wondering
where
they
should
put
their
cell
phone
to
create
a
light
show
on
the
ceiling.
B
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
artists,
were
being
creative
and
adding
to
the
interactive
world
that
we
live
in
using
technology
all
the
types
of
things
that
you
know
our
generation
and
the
next
generation,
and
it
kind
of
be
expecting
and
taking
art
to
another
third
dimension
and
adding
to
the
cultural
fabric
of
Oklahoma
City
with
something
different.
Our
investments
in
public
art
have
multiplied
time
and
time
again
over
the
last
few
years,
and
just
when
you
think,
we've
done
about
everything
you
can
do.