Conduit (mural)
{{Short description|Mural in Portland, Oregon}}
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| artist = Emily Ginsburg
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| city = Portland, Oregon, United States
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Conduit is an outdoor 2009–2010 mural by Emily Ginsburg, installed on the University Services Building's exterior on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Description
Emily Ginsburg's Conduit is installed on the Southwest Sixth Avenue side of the University Services Building on the Portland State University campus. The Culture Trip describes the mural as "two forms, one illustrating thought and the other communication. Linking them is a road, along which the processes are tied. To outline these processes the work also includes visual maps of different aspects of life including work, home and learning, which are all connected to the act of travelling."{{cite web|last=Pearce|first=Melissa|title=Community Creativity: Public Art in Portland|url=http://www.theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/oregon/articles/community-creativity-public-art-in-portland/|website=The Culture Trip|publisher=The Culture Trip Ltd|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122163736/http://www.theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/oregon/articles/community-creativity-public-art-in-portland/|url-status=live}}
According to Ginsburg, the mural depicts "the act of traveling as a metaphor for the transmission and exchange of ideas and the perpetual space between thinking and communicating tied to learning, living and working".{{cite web|title=Conduit|url=http://emilyginsburg.com/10_Conduit.php|website=EmilyGinsburg.com|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072833/http://emilyginsburg.com/10_Conduit.php|url-status=usurped}}Portland State University (PSU):
- {{cite web|title=Art on Campus|url=http://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/sites/www.pdx.edu.insidepsu/files/Portland-State-artoncampus.pdf|publisher=PSU|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230100/http://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/sites/www.pdx.edu.insidepsu/files/Portland-State-artoncampus.pdf|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|title=Campus Art Tour|url=http://www.pdx.edu/pcre/campus-art-tour|publisher=PSU|access-date=November 21, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001133217/https://www.pdx.edu/pcre/campus-art-tour|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/pcre/sites/www.pdx.edu.pcre/files/Art_on_Campus_Tour_05_11_15.pdf|title=Art on Campus Map Index|access-date=November 21, 2015|date=2015|publisher=PSU|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001133412/https://www.pdx.edu/pcre/sites/www.pdx.edu.pcre/files/Art_on_Campus_Tour_05_11_15.pdf|url-status=live}} It is made of "black anodized, laser cut and etched" metal (aluminum, according to Ginsburg; steel, according to PSU), and measures {{Convert|90|in|m}} × {{Convert|377|in|m}}.
History
The site-specific work was commissioned by PSU and TriMet.
See also
{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}
References
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{{Portland State University}}
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:2010 establishments in Oregon