Public Artwork
Time: and a Clock
_0/index.jpg "Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette")
_0/index.jpg "Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette")
_0/index.jpg "Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette")
_0/index.jpg "Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette")
_0/index.jpg "Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette")
Location:
Around the corner of Queen and Broadview, 870 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Garnet, Eldon
Text author(s):
Garnet, Eldon
Installation year:
2004
Remarks on location:
Three sites: East entrance of the Queen Street East Bridge (across Don River); intersection of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue; next to Jimmy Simpson Park. The address given is that of Jimmy Simpson Park.
Description:
It is the essence of time, its substance and ambiguity, that is examined in this sculpture/installation. This is one work in three sites. It encircles the Queen/Broadview area with text. Three different types or styles of time-related text were written, one for each site.
Text of the artwork:
Queen Street East Bridge (across Don River):
THIS RIVER I STEP IN IS NOT THE RIVER I STAND IN
Intersection of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue:
TOO SOON FREE FROM TIME
TIME IS MONEY : MONEY IS TIME
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
TIME=DISTANCE X VELOCITY
Near Jimmy Simpson Park:
COURSING
DISAPPEARING
TREMBLING
RETURNING
Text theme:
Time Note(s):
The installation at the intersection of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue consists of four expressions about time, embedded in the concrete around the sidewalk.
The installation near Jimmy Simpson Park consists of four steel poles, featuring four statements about time.
Artist's biography:
Garnet, Eldon
Owner(s):
City of Toronto Document(s):
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