Public Artwork
Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories
Location:
Artwork creator(s):
Lexier, Micah
Text author(s):
Lexier, Micah
Remarks on location:
West lobby located on the ground floor, West side
Description:
Consists of 25 custom-made aluminum ladders of various heights. The rungs of each ladder consist of different words that have been waterjet-cut out of a bar of aluminum. Each of the 350 separate rungs is a word selected from the "Synopsis of Categories" section of Roget's Thesaurus. The work merges an image of physical construction (ladders) with the elements of intellectual construction (words).
Text of the artwork:
Examples:
CONVENTION
DISCLOSURE
COMFORT
JUDGEMENT
ELECTRONICS
FACILITY
ENCLOSURE
NECESSITY
ANXIETY
TRANSPARENCY
ASCENT
REMAINDER
IMPORTANCE
BOND
INTRUSION
LEARNING
CRY
LUBRICANTS
SUPPORT
AGITATION
FRAGRANCE
COVERING
MUSIC
INTENTION
PERIOD
CHARGE
DENSITY
EVOLUTION
PERSEVERANCE
RIDICULE
TASTE
SPIRITS
DEFIANCE
Text theme:
"Synopsis of Categories" in Roget, Peter Mark, (1779-1869), Thesaurus of English words and phrases, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1964, 1309 p.
Artwork theme:
Concerns and policy, manual and intellectual work involved in public service, Metropolitan Toronto
History:
Public Order, Metropolitan Toronto Metro Hall, Toronto, Ontario 1992 Note(s):
350 words
Artwork is in good condition and can be easily viewed.
Commissioned by Metropolitan Toronto for Metro Hall
Budget: $240,000
Artist's biography:
Micah Lexier
Owner(s):
City of Toronto Document(s):
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