Public Artwork
DayDream
Artwork creator(s):
Besant, Derek
Text author(s):
Besant, Derek
Installation year:
1996 Description:
DayDream is a text & fragmented image suite etched into the glass sides of a Plus 15 pedestrian walkway, over 4 lanes of traffic in Calgary. One side represented the thoughts of a woman, while the other was the thoughts of a man.
Artwork theme:
Dreaming
Dimensions:
Height:
6m
Width:
24m Note(s):
"In the early morning light, office people who worked in either of the buildings the walkways was between, walked through the shadows of words from the woman cast by sunrise. At 5 PM, the people exiting work via the walkway, walked through the text of the man in low evening sunset."
Conversation with the artist, September 4, 2009
Artist's biography:
Derek Besant
Owner(s):
City of Calgary 
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