An amorphous, inorganic substance made by fusing silica (silicon dioxide) with a basic oxide; generally transparent but often translucent or opaque. Its characteristic properties are its hardness and rigidity at ordinary temperatures, its capacity for plastic working at elevated temperatures, and its resistance to weathering and to most chemicals except hydrofluoric acid.
Sculpture ,
Permanent,
Exterior,
Park, square and garden,
Contest,
Excerpt,
Linear,
Steel,
Concrete,
Glass,
Mirror
The sculpture takes its form from periscopes and telescopes as instruments used for discovering what lay below the surface.
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Artwork creator(s):
Anholt, Jill
Each of six twelve-meter high, bronze I-beam towers hold an image cut into a metal plate that illustrate the history of the area. The plates cast the shadow of the image onto the street. Texts etched
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Artwork creator(s):
Miller, Bernie; Tregebov, Alan
Six wedges on pedestals sit on the street. Three are enclosed time capsules with listed contents and the other three are open containers intended for refuse.
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Artwork creator(s):
Lewis, Mark
Text entered in the window of a shop
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Artwork creator(s):
Chang, Ana
Four round glass and steel covers are inset into the sidewalk over the ventilation shafts of an underground heating system. They are lit from underneath at night and steam may be seen to escape a
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Artwork creator(s):
Anholt, Jill; Ockwell, Susan
A sculptural installation consisting of two glass-roofed pavilions separated by approximately 120 metres. The elliptical roof of each pavilion is supported by two walls made of stainless steel with cu
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Artwork creator(s):
Best, Noel (architect by profession); Dikeakos, Christos (artist by profession)
Installation and intervention ,
Temporary,
Exterior,
Thoroughfare,
Event,
Excerpt,
Linear,
Out of Place,
Metal,
Acrylic,
Glass,
Paper,
Wood
This installation was placed in the back of a truck and moved to 4 different locations during the summer of 1992
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Artwork creator(s):
Holman, Shaira; Jones, Lizard; Sui, River
Neon letters welcome passengers as they wait for their luggage. From the chaos of the jumbled letters, words emerge. America, Europa, Asia, Oceania, Africa. As the harmony between the letters that com
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Artwork creator(s):
Plensa, Jaume
Four colourful feathers are embedded into large glass panels which are hung by stainless steel rods that represent the feathers' stalk. Motifs are then superimposed, evoking the college's different co
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Artwork creator(s):
Lapointe, Michèle
The artist created an installation incorporating three elements. The words "You are here,", which figure prominently on tourist maps, are engraved in the center of the window pane. On the hall's later
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Artwork creator(s):
Blain, Dominique
/index.jpg "Michèle Lapointe, Je te prête ma plume, 2007. © René Rioux, 2007")
