{"id":12418,"date":"2016-02-26T15:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T23:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12418"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:39","slug":"12418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=12418","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit-53x80.jpg 53w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit-470x705.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit-450x675.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Artist <span class=\"s2\"><b>Wolf Buttress<\/b><\/span> has created a sculptural installation that looks like a giant dandelion wafting in the breeze. Titled <i>Lucent<\/i>, this larger-than-life orb is suspended above a darkened, reflecting pool that mirrors the brilliant illuminated tips, doubling its stunning presence.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The installation\u2019s name, derived from the Latin \u201cto shine,\u201d and its 3,115 hand-blown glass spheres represent stars on a map that are visible to the naked eye from the Northern hemisphere. To fully realize this sublime, suspended sculpture, Buttress affixed fiber optic cables to each orb, producing the piece\u2019s diffused glow. Additionally, he ensured its spatial accuracy by working with astrophysicist Dr. Daniel Bayliss of Australian National University. Buttress also uses the reflective aspect of the piece as more than a\u00a0visually appealing element, it is a conceptually integral part of\u00a0<i>Lucent<\/i>. Its mirroring on the water suggests the Southern hemisphere, and implies a sense of infinity at the same time.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">(<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #339966;\" title=\"DIVA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/wolfgang-buttress-lucent?context=tag-installation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress2edit.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12418 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;Lucent&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\u00a0<div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  \" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress5edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress5edit.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress5edit-53x80.jpg 53w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress5edit-470x705.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WolfgangButtress5edit-450x675.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titled Lucent, this larger-than-life orb is suspended above a darkened, reflecting pool that mirrors the brilliant illuminated tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18251,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions\/18251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}