Spotlight on North Texas voices of wylie
wylie municipal complex
Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen
of Living Lenses designed Voices of
Wylie, a 13-by-7-foot stainless steel
interactive sculpture, one of three
public artworks dedicated in 2011 at
the City of Wylie’s Municipal
Complex. Voices of Wylie features a
sequence of hemispheres that spiral
toward each other, surrounding a
complete sphere at the center.
Inspiration for the piece was drawn
from a public meeting where
citizens recalled Wylie’s rich history
as the “Onion Capital of the World.
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The sculpture conceals a speaker
connected to two keyboards: one in
the Recreation Center and one in
the Smith Public Library. Visitors are
invited to type their thoughts,
expressions and emotions, which
are then translated into Braille text
dots and turned into music through
an electronic sampler.
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