TribLIVE: It's not easy to gauge the mood of an entire city.
But, through a new project by the Carnegie Museum of Art, you'll be able to look at the Gulf Tower, Downtown, and find an approximation of Pittsburgh's mood from Feb. 11 to 13. It also can be seen online at tower.cmoa.org.
We've learned since childhood to look up to Gulf Tower and its stepped pyramid-shaped crown lights to check on weather conditions. It's been known to flash to celebrate Pirates home runs and Penguin goals, a mood indicator of sorts.
This week, those lights will gauge our happiness.
2 comments:
The social networking that we have been provided throughout the years became a huge advantage to vision of photography and provoking feeling through different images . I think one of the opportunities that Instagram is it allows anyone to be an artist. I personally don't have an Instagram, but my friends will show me what it is like and basically there are these filters you can put on picture without having to go to photoshop. This is a fast and beneficial way of creating photos that can be enjoyed by it's audience. And since it is a social network it can be appreciated by the may other member of Instagram. And I've also seen that Instagram can be connected through Facebook, so these pictures of the Gulf Tower can also arouse happiness within that audience of that particular network. The way photography is advancing today is making artwork seem like is it for everyone and can be appreciated anyone who is interested.
This is so cool! I've long go to Pirate games at PNC Park and have been able to see the Gulf Tower change colors when the Pirates win and I remember my dad telling me that he would drive into work in the morning and was able to see the colors and know the temperature and I just think that it is awesome that is now being updated. I also remember reading in the news in about 2012 that it was being updated to show even more colors with LED lights to show more details such as precipitation and humidity. But now that it is being connected to social media, and as an art project is just so fascinating. The audience is so wide but it would be so cool if it were running during a sporting event. For example, what if the Steelers just score a touchdown or the Penguins lose in overtime, how could would that be to see if that affects the colors? Overall, this is a really cool idea!
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