Avignon Afterimage   Morrill Hall, Southern Connecticut State University     Cynthia Beth Rubin commissioned for the Art in Public Spaces program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Mural is 7 feet tall by 27 feel long (9 panels @ 3 feet each) Manufactured in porcelain baked enamel.

Cynthia Beth Rubin developed the original design for Avignon Afterimage in 1987, while living in Avignon, France. The imagery reflects the mountainous landscape of Provence, mixed with the arches which are pervasive in the traditional architecture of the region. Rubin, a resident of New Haven, Connecticut, chose Avignon because of the Sister City relationship with New Haven. Using a Macintosh computer, she designed each color as a separate stencil. In actual size, the pattern of the computer pixels is clearly visible, as was commmon in computer works in 1987. Avignon Afterimage was installed in Morrill Hall, on the Southern Connecticut State University campus, in 1989.

Below is the composition as it appears on the computer .

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