Whispers - Denver, CO
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N 39° 40.865 W 104° 57.725
13S E 503251 N 4392362
This piece is found on the campus of the University of Denver and utilizes sounds of lectures from the various classes.
Waymark Code: WMCKPT
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2011
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"One special aspect of the college or university experience is the open pursuit of learning through lecture, debate, and dialogue. Some artworks celebrate and explore these complex activities. Faculty member Lawrence Argent (b.1957) completed the limestone, bronze and sound sculpture Whispers in 1999. Based on 3D digital scans of the faces of several students in Argent’s classes, its over-sized limestone and bronze lips appear closed and mute. As one approaches the sculpture, however, voices of actual lectures and public events on campus emerge softly from concealed audio speakers nearby. Whispers can be interpreted as one artist’s appreciation—realized both audibly and visibly—of the university as a place for civil speech—and listening." (from (
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"Locally renowned sculptor Lawrence Argent created “Whispers” for the University of Denver community in 1999. It consists of many lips placed on the walkway as benches and elevated on pillars surrounding the entry to the Coors Fitness Center and the Gates Field House – previously recorded university lectures can be heard coming fromspeakers incorporated into the outdoor sculpture installation daily. Lawrence Argent is perhaps most well known for his creation of the “Big Blue Bear” sculpture that peers into the windows of the Denver Convention Center downtown." (from (
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Lawrence Argent is perhaps best know for 'I See What You Mean' aka The Big Blue Bear at Colorado's Convention Center in Denver (
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Since this is an urban college campus, parking can be problematic. It is easiest to visit during the weekend when students are not as many and there is 1 hour parking on the streets in the neighborhood.
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