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In Exchange

In Exchange - Plaza

Artist

Dann Nardi

Title

In Exchange

Year

2004

Acquisition Category

Donation and Gifts

Artwork Type

Sculptural Environment

Artwork Material

Cast concrete, earth, and plantings

Designation

N/A

Artwork Location

Visibility

Outdoor

Location

Stevenson Hall (STV) and Williams Hall (WIH)

Location Description

Between Stevenson Hall and Williams Hall, from North Street to Beaufort Street

Campus Zone

Quad

ISU Artwork Map

Donors

(1) Private gifts received from faculty, alumni, friends of the university, local businesses, and corporate and private foundations; (2) Students contributed through the Senior Challenge for the classes of 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998; and (3) University funds

How It Purchased

Compilation of donations, private gifts, University funds from local businesses, alumni faculty friends of the University, corporate and private foundations, and student contributions totaling $2 million dollars. Some of the support came from descendants of ISU founder Jesse Fell.

Description

The architectural landscape, In Exchange, was created by Dann Nardi, ISU Alumnus and Bloomington artist specifically designed to capture the connection of humans with nature. He describes the piece as, “a location of shared property of both man and nature, an enduring timeless exchange of relationships between the two.” Nardi’s design consists of large circles that integrate art, plantings, and a water element with the environment to create a living laboratory. In Exchange broke ground in 2000 as a project to add green space and decrease automobile traffic through ISU’s campus, the Daily Vidette reported in 2002, once the area was reopened to pedestrian traffic. Architectural landscape. the School Street Renovation.

In Exchange’s goals are simple – it will create “green space” for the university’s plant collection and provide easy access for traffic through an area that sits in the shadow of Watterson, where thousands of students live. Roger Laramee, the director of planned giving, was assigned to the project by University Advancement, but it was also something he wanted to do. The university began to make plans as early as 1994, shortly after acquiring the stretch of School Street between Beaufort and North streets.”

According to the Daily Vidette reported in 2002, “there’s a huge number of people that walk from Watterson to the Quad daily,” said Chuck Scott, the executive director of Facilities Management and one of the committee members who planned the project from the beginning.

According to the Daily Vidette reported in 2004, “the sculpture and plaza were honored with a Community Beautification award given out through the Town of Normal, Director of Planned Giving Roger Laramee said Laramee accepted the award on behalf of ISU at the Normal Town Council meeting Aug. 16th, 2004.”

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