18 • Campus Visitor’s Guide
Fall/Winter 2015
Wall of light After being a campus staple for years, light totem remains a student hangout By Evan Hoopfer specials@idsnews.com
A young girl was on a walk with her dad and saw something across the street going on outside the IU Art Museum. It was October 2007 and Robert Shakespeare — the creator of the light totem that illuminates the 70-foot wall of the museum — was installing the structure. The big unveiling of Light Totem was in a few days. The young girl dragged her dad across the street and asked Shakespeare what he was doing. Shakespeare explained and then turned on the totem. Different colors of light danced on the wall, and the girl was mesmerized. “Daddy,” she said, “it’s magic.”
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The Light Totem illuminates the side of the IU Art Museum on Feb. 4, 2015.