An Interview with Monika Burczyk, Executive Director of Sculpture Space
A brief interview with Monika on Nano for the SUNYIT Nanocenter. http://www.sculpturespace.org/sculpt-summerfall-2014/#publicart
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High contrast shots of Osman Akan's "Nano"
Nano by Osman Akan / photo: Chris Penree Nano by Osman Akan / photo: Chris Penree Nano by Osman Akan / photo: Chris Penree
Public Survey of Livermorium Plaza
link to : Lv116 by Osman Akan This is my page where there is information regarding my proposal, and a link to a survey page that is open to public to comment. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/osman
New Public Commission Awarded
SOA received a new commission from Anchorage Service High School for their new library building. We are very excited about this project which will be made mostly of optical fibers and light sources. Thank you Municipality of Anchorage. Here is an early rendering of the artwork. http://www.osmanakan.com/Pages/Service_HS.htm
Livermorium !!!
Had one hell of a fun day with John Marchand, mayor of Livermore CA. Aside from amazing amount of information on elements, particle collisions and chemistry, Mayor Marchand share with me his personal knowledge of California wines. Thank you again mayor !
Nano fabrication
Here are some visual updates of the Nano sculpture fabrication progress. It seems 1/3 is underway ! More information on what it will look like is here http://osmanakan.com/Pages/Nano.htm
Livermorium !!!
New element on the periodic table. Livermorium is the synthetic superheavy element with the symbol Lv and atomic number 116. The name was adopted by IUPAC on May 30, 2012. [5] Osman Akan is working on a proposal for the Livermorium Plaza. We are very excited to work on this super interesting project !
Semi-finalist !!!
STUDIO OSMAN AKAN is a semi-finalist for the for two projects in Washington DC Ballou High School, more on this project soon ...