Public Artwork
The Hall Of Names
Artwork creator(s):
Lexier, Micah
Text author(s):
Lexier, Micah
Installation year:
1997 Description:
The Hall of Names - 1,000 first names submitted by people across the country, laser-cut from sheets of stainless steel and suspended from the arched roof of the 245-meter-long Galleria space.
Text of the artwork:
Examples:
Karoline
Cornelius
Benedict
Beatrice
Daniel
Kim
Elia
Stella
Marc
Marietta
Charlene
Debby
Pasty
Colette
Chris
Dimensions:
Width:
243.8m Note(s):
Commissioned for the National Trade Centre, Toronto.
Budget: $390,000.00
This commission consists of a 1,000 laser-cut stainless steel names that hang in a series of chains in the 800-foot-long Grand Concourse of the National Trade Centre in Toronto.
"During the month of June 1996, I put out a call for names through the local media. From the thousands of names submitted, I randomly drew 1,000 names to be included in the work. The names were then typeset, laser-cut from 1/8" stainless steel and joined together in chains of up to 6 names long."
Source: Deirdre Hanna (1997), "Lexier scores with monumental Hall of Names," Now Magazine, Toronto, (April 10-16)
Artist's biography:
Micah Lexier Document(s):
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