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Chapter 3 ! Public Art is… 12 6. M u r a l s : Murals are painted or applied to walls. While some murals are painted directly on walls, others are prepared in studio and later applied to walls. The oldest murals took the form of etchings and paintings in prehistoric caves. Today's murals are similar to prehistoric paintings in that they both have messages that are unique to the locale. 7. Sensory Art: This type of art project can appeal to the visual, auditory, or touch senses, or to a combination of these. The most common example is a water fountain , which has auditory and visual features that enliven a space . More recently, lighting has been popular as a public art form in urban public spaces. Art projects that encorporate sound are also popular in urban public spaces and parks. Sensory public art is often a crowd pleaser and is helpful for drawing people to a particular area. 8. Digital: Digital public art is a technologically based public art form. The artist's tool is a computer, or computerized camera or video projector. Examples of digital art in clude videos projected on the exterior walls of buildings , and augmented reality, which is viewed from an iPhone. 9. Temporary: Art projects shown for a specified period of time are temporary projects. Temporary art projects can be in virtually any form. Th e advantage of temporary art is that it creates possibilities for experimentation without a long - term obligation , and for topics or forms that are contemporary and might not hold up well over time. Temporary projects also allow for revolving pieces of artw ork, which creates a dynamic place and encourages return visits with each new installation . 10. Serial art: Serial, or series, art projects are a collection of artworks that reflect meaning through their relationship to one other. Series art projects can b e installed in succession, delineat ing paths and borders, or can be presented as an installation of multiple objects. Cary Public Art Collection As of December 2011, Cary's public art inventory included 31 art projects located throughout the community. These artworks were either commissioned or donated to the Town through the efforts of the Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department and Cary Visual Art, a non - profit organization and partner. Nearly half of the current public art inventor y had been acquired by the time the 2001 Public Art Master Plan was adopted. These were mostly artworks donated to the Town by Cary Visual Art. Of the 31 art projects installed as of December 2011, fifteen projects were donated in whole (or part) by Cary Visual Art, six we re donated by individuals, artists or other organizations, and one was donated by a developer . The remaining ten artworks were commissioned by the Town of Cary, five of which were installed at the Cary Arts Center in 2 01 1. The majority of Cary's earliest public art projects were abstract steel sculptures, bronze commemorative monuments , sculptures, and benches. As the Program m atured, public art took on new forms, materials , and purposes. Art projects like the Windplow (Beverly Precious), the Imaginary Garden (Barbara Grygutis), and Bowstring Vines (Michael Stutz), were site - specific and drew their inspiration from the Town's l ocal heritage. Early examples of integrated art projects include the Overture, as the Main Gate to the Booth Amphitheatre (Jim Gallucci), the N - S Urban Footprint (Eric Beerbower), the Imaginary Garden (Barbara Gryguitis), and Shared Histories (Susan Harb age Page), which is a series of etched glass windscreens on bus shelters. With the opening of the Cary Arts Center, public art has taken on new and exciting dimensions. Artists Norie Sato, Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii, as members of the design team wi th architects Clearscapes, developed a series of integrated artworks for the renovation of the iconic old school building into Cary's new Arts Center. A variety of materials were employed from glass, steel, visual projections, solar - powered light pavers, a nd a grand theater curtain. The artists' goal was to inspire creativity, create a sense of energy