Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
Date2022
Artist
Stephanie Dinkins
(American, born 1964)
Mediumdye prints on metal panels
Dimensions8 feet, height x 44 feet, wide
ClassificationFine Art
SubclassificationInstallation
Credit LineCurated by Elizabeth Chodos, CMU Johnson Family Public Art Curator.
Object number2025.06.07
DescriptionWalk into TCS Hall and you’ll find “Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds.”
That’s the title of a new 44-feet long, 8-feet tall mural by artist Stephanie Dinkins in the lobby of TCS Hall. It’s the latest public art piece on campus selected by Carnegie Mellon’s Public Art Curator Elizabeth Chodos and the Public Art Committee.
Dinkins describes her work as a series of large-scale dye prints on metal panels that show a set of interconnected Venn diagrams. She says the diagrams signify the complexity of our relation to the systems that influence our lives and other beings — human, non-human and machine. The semi-reflective surface of the mural allows passersby to see themselves and serves as a reminder to always consider the common good when creating systems and technology.
“Care is the infrastructure that binds us.” — Stephanie Dinkins
“The project seeks to be a daily reminder that people creating the technological ecosystems underpinning the systems people rely on have a responsibility to imagine and create automated systems that value, honor, support, and sustain the common good,” Dinkins said in her project proposal to CMU.
That’s the title of a new 44-feet long, 8-feet tall mural by artist Stephanie Dinkins in the lobby of TCS Hall. It’s the latest public art piece on campus selected by Carnegie Mellon’s Public Art Curator Elizabeth Chodos and the Public Art Committee.
Dinkins describes her work as a series of large-scale dye prints on metal panels that show a set of interconnected Venn diagrams. She says the diagrams signify the complexity of our relation to the systems that influence our lives and other beings — human, non-human and machine. The semi-reflective surface of the mural allows passersby to see themselves and serves as a reminder to always consider the common good when creating systems and technology.
“Care is the infrastructure that binds us.” — Stephanie Dinkins
“The project seeks to be a daily reminder that people creating the technological ecosystems underpinning the systems people rely on have a responsibility to imagine and create automated systems that value, honor, support, and sustain the common good,” Dinkins said in her project proposal to CMU.
On view
Location
TCS Hall, Lobby (4665 Forbes Ave)
Published References"Mural Sends Good Vibes Your Way," By Bruce Gerson. CMU Piper, April 22, 2022.
https://www.cmu.edu/piper/news/archives/2022/april/tcs-hall-mural.html
"Gift Will Expand Public Art at Carnegie Mellon"
CMU Ambassadors, August 07, 2024.
https://www.cmu.edu/ambassadors/august-2024/expanding-public-art-at-cmu.html
https://www.cmu.edu/piper/news/archives/2022/april/tcs-hall-mural.html
"Gift Will Expand Public Art at Carnegie Mellon"
CMU Ambassadors, August 07, 2024.
https://www.cmu.edu/ambassadors/august-2024/expanding-public-art-at-cmu.html
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