Public Artwork
Double Word Score
Location:
Hendrie Park Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Hamilton, ON, L7T 4H4, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Text author(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year:
2005 Description:
Double Word Score features a set of seven engraved granite paving stones that spell RISE and IRIS. The shape, font and scoring reference Scrabble tiles.
Text of the artwork:
IRIS RISE
Artwork theme:
Rest, knowledge, life and death Dimensions:
Height:
2.45m
Width:
2.45m
Depth:
0.05 m Note(s):
To rise alternately means to awaken, to appear above the horizon or to return from death. Iris is the botanical name for the genus of flower, but more importantly, it also refers to the act of seeing. In both the eye and the camera, it is the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the lense. Situated at a crossroads of nature and tourism, with several prominent cemeteries nearby, the engravings suggest the cycle of life and death as an unwinnable game.
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