Blue Heat — LAURIE FRICK

Scientists are intimately familiar with ‘heat charts’ fashioned on an x:y axis, each cell is color coded from deep blue to bright red depending on the relative ‘heat’ or score for that variable. For many researchers, these charts feel beautiful and hold surprising patterns with clusters of color and the occasional outlier that offers a burst of yellow. Personally, I LOVE them. This was a chance to make an almost 8x10 ft installation in the Anschutz Medical Sciences building on the University of Colorado Campus in Aurora, CO. 16 overlapping kiln-fired fused glass panels installed in 2022.

Blue Heat with artist walking

16 overlapping panels of kiln fired fused glass, approx 8 ft x 10 ft installed at Anschutz Medical Science building, Colorado

Blue Heat detail angle view

Can see how the horizontal rows of glass overlap at different distance from the wall

Blue Heat on right

View of 7 story atrium building Health Sciences Building, Anschutz campus, CO. Anderson Dale architects

Blue Heat with Artist walking

Offices around the atrium corridor get a view of art stacked on each floor

Blue Heat, approx 8x10 ft

Straight on view

Blue Heat tight view

Small Blue Heat 40x69"

Small version of Blue Heat, on loan to Oklahoma City Science Museum.

Small Blue Heat

Better view of how the panels overlap and sit off the wall, to reflect more light

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