Client: Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Location: Moorhead, MN, United States
Completion date: 2005
Artwork budget: $125,000
Project Team
Artist
Carolyn Braaksma
Braaksma Design Inc.
Artist
Brad Kaspari
Kaspari Design Services
Overview
Media: Terrazzo with metal embeds
Dimensions: 6,000 sq. ft.
Commissioning Agency: Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places
Goals
Artists designed terrazzo floor for the Science Building main lobby and central hallways. The narrative for the floor includes mythological symbols of Draco, Cygnus, and Pisces, with the sun, planets, and stars for the cosmos. Cygnus represents all birds that migrate through Minnesota’s avian flyway, evolving through ribbons and paths that transform into microscopic biological and molecular features along the adjacent hallway.