Public Artwork
Lying on top of a building...nearer
Location:
Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, 299 Burrard street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s):
Gillick, Liam
Text author(s):
Gillick, Liam
Installation year:
2009
Remarks on location:
The text sites on an extension of the floor plate, from floors 5 to 22.
Description:
Text on the perimeter of the hotel windows. The phrase is repeated several times.
Text of the artwork:
Lying on top of a building the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying on the street.
Text theme:
Double edged statement that could potentially bring you back to a person lying down on a dock or in a yard in that area in the fairly recent past and looking up at the sky and how that relates to the new development. Dimensions:
Height:
0.63m Note(s):
The $1-million public art work was commissioned by Westbank and Peterson Investment Group through the city of Vancouver's public art guidelines for new developments.
Artist's biography:
Liam Gillick
Architect(s):
Cheng, James Document(s):
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