University of Alabama’s new ‘disco elephant’ statue features 20,000 mirror tiles

By: Mitch Bailey

The University of Alabama campus is home to a diverse collection of elephants. The newest addition to the herd is a 12-foot-tall statue covered in mirrored disco tiles.

Commissioned by the University Club to be used for special events, this piece dubbed the “digital disco elephant” was a collaboration between Tuscaloosa artists, including a UA engineering professor.

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