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Red, 1996 Speakers, amplifier, CD, red pigment, wire 500 Sampsonia Way, lower level Two speakers, suspended from the ten-foot ceiling by thin wire, hang just inches from the ground. They are coated with a brilliant, powdery, orange-red pigment that vibrates with the pulsing sound emanating from the speakers. Music for a Garden, 1996 Speakers, amplifier, CD permanent installation 500 Sampsonia Way, Garden Rolf Julius designed Music for a Garden to be heard within the Garden designed by Winifred Lutz.  Three pairs of speakers, mounted high and low on the Mattress Factory's exterior walls, are aimed in various directions. From each speaker comes a distinct element of the music Julius has composed for the space.  Rolf Julius Born 1939, Wilhelmshaven, Germany; died 2011, Berlin, Germany