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Interactive artwork by Lynn Lukkas, last exhibit in Steensland Museum, opens Nov. 9 at St. Olaf

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November 8, 2001

NORTHFIELD, Minn. ? Interactive artwork by Lynn Lukkas in a variety of media will be featured in the final art exhibit to be held in Steensland Art Museum at St. Olaf College.

"Oculus: Tibet," an interactive installation of large scale photographs, projectors, and video screens displaying beautiful scenes from Tibet, opens Nov. 9 in the Upper Gallery and runs through Friday, Dec. 16. "In this cutting-edge exhibit, our body heat will trigger sensors that will in turn initiate images onto the floor and large scrims," notes Steensland Director Jill Ewald. "You will be able to hear sounds when standing in particular spots in the gallery, but if you move slightly away ? silence!"

An opening night reception will be held at 6?9 p.m. on Nov. 9 in Steensland?s lower gallery. Lukkas will give a public talk Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. in the upper gallery. Both events ? and the exhibit ? are free and open to the public.

The exhibit is part of the Northfield "gallery crawl," which also includes exhibits at Carleton, the Northfield Art Guild and Bridge Square Gallery.

Regular museum hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.?5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.?8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday 2?5 p.m. Following this exhibit, St. Olaf exhibits will be staged in Dittmann Center, the new home of art and dance on the St. Olaf campus.

St. Olaf College prepares students to become responsible citizens of the world, fostering development of mind, body and spirit. A four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), St. Olaf has a student enrollment of 2,950 and a full-time faculty complement of approximately 300. It is one of Money Guide?s top 100 "elite values in college education today," and it leads the nation?s colleges in percentage of students who study abroad.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.