Public Artwork
Time Cones
Artwork creator(s):
Golden, Brad; Eichenberg, Lynne
Text author(s):
Dewdney, Christopher
Installation year:
1996 Description:
Time Cones mark the entrance plaza of this office tower. Incised into the spiral ribbon of the large cone and the top ring of the planter cones, a text by poet Christopher Dewdney describes the geological strata of the site.
Text of the artwork:
PRECAMBRIAN ERA
PHANEROZOIC ERA
PALAEOZOIC ERA
CENOZOIC ERA
QUATERNARY EPOCH
HOLOCENE AGE
SCARBOROUGH TILL
POTTERY ROAD TILL
SUNNYBROOK TILL
THORNCLIFFE TILL
SEMINARY TILL
MEADOWCLIFFE TILL
HALTON TILL
LAKE IROQUOIS SAND
PLEISTOCENE AGE
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ILLINOIAN GLACIATION
YORK TILL
DON
1.8 BILLION YEARS BC HELIKIAN SEA
440 MILLION YEARS BC IAPETUS OCEAN (Ordovician Period)
100 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE COLEMAN
70 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE SCARBOROUGH
30 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE THORNCLIFFE
11 THOUSAND YEARS BC LAKE PEEL
Text theme:
Describes the geological strata of the site and lists the glacial lakes which once covered the local landscape.
Artwork theme:
Suggesting the upward movement of time.
Time Cones act as both urban landmark and garden element, participating in the relationship between landscape, art, and architecture.
Artist's biography:
Brad Golden; Lynne Eichenberg
Author's biography:
Christopher Dewdney
Owner(s):
Direct Energy 
Syndicate
