Public Projects
Installation video of Paula Barr “Twilight Interlude” for the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, AL, 1995
Since the mid-1980s, Paula Barr has been engaged in public works—her photography on a grand scale. As the originator of glass-photo tile murals, for which she holds a patent, Barr has completed countless projects including commissions for the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, Penn Station, New York, the Columbus Circle station, MTA Subway, New York, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Alabama, and the Bellevue and Goldwater Hospitals, New York.
In a featured article in The Mobile Press Register in 1988, she explained that the Penn Station project was one the her most challenging to date. The 52-foot mural featured panoramic views of the four directions from atop One Penn Plaza—north, south, east and west directions together in one.
In 1995, Barr was commissioned to create Twilight Interlude for the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile, Alabama. The 10 x 74-foot photo-mural, composed of glass-photo tiles, earned the distinction of being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest photograph in the world.
Twilight Interlude, 360 degree panoramic photo of the Gulf of Mexico Mobile Infirmary Medical Center Atrium Space, Mobile, Alabama, USA Cibachrome encapsulated Glass Photo Tiles
Gulf Coast Echo, Pre and Post Hurricane Katrina World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland Ilforchrome Photo Murals, Sponsored by Leica
The Four Directions; North, South, East and West Pennsylvania Station, New York City Ilfochrome photo murals, laminated to plexiglass Commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Arts For Transit
Bridge Lounge Bellevue Hospital, New York City Commissioned by Health & Hospital Corporation Cibachrome Photo Murals, laminated behind plexiglass (details below)