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SOLAR ILLUMINATION 1 / EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE
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​Four art glass windows in children’s section of the library are embedded with 144 photovoltaic cells that provide electricity for a glass lamp suspended near the library entrance. 

Each window explores the evolution of an alphabet: Indian- ‘knowledge’ expressed in various early and contemporary Indian languages Russian - evolution of selected letters in Russian alphabet Latin - evolution of Latin alphabet starting with Phoenician Vietnamese - ‘moon’ from ancient Chinese through contemporary Vietnamese.

The lamp is engraved with phrase “We are all one” written in cuneiform, and is illuminated with colored LEDS that cycle subtly through the spectrum every 30 minutes resulting in a time-keeping effect.