Research in artworks: Transportation

Installation and intervention , Permanent, Exterior, Transportation, Contest, Linear, Commemoration, Stainless Steel

Stroll

Derek Besant, Stroll, 2005
Text fragments in stainless steel are wrapped around poles at eye level. Each describes an ordinary moment, such as waiting for a train. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Besant, Derek
Installation year: 
2005
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Interior, Transportation, Event, Linear, Plastic

Take the Poetry Route

Take the Poetry Route, 1999Take the Poetry Route, 1999Take the Poetry Route, 1999
Poems selected for publication on interior advertising panels on ETS buses and LRT [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Various
Installation year: 
1999
Mural , Photography , Temporary, Interior, Transportation, Event, Purchase, Random, Relocated in a private space, Photograph

The Commodification of Life

Ron Benner,The Commodification of Life, 1996Ron Benner,The Commodification of Life, 1996
Photographic posters installed in a mall. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Benner, Ron
Installation year: 
1996
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Thoroughfare, Transportation, Event, Linear, The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition , Billboard

Tree Group: Metaphors

Todd Davis, Tree Group : Metaphors, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Davis, Todd
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Permanent, Interior, Transportation, Contest, Linear, Steel, Glass, Light

Tri, Making the Impossible Possible

John Tam & Rob Hora,Tri, Making the Impossible Possible, 2003John Tam & Rob Hora,Tri, Making the Impossible Possible, 2003John Tam & Rob Hora,Tri, Making the Impossible Possible, 2003
The artwork is a colourful optical illusion of a giant steel ball suspended in the centre of a triangle. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Tam, John; Hora, Rob
Installation year: 
2003
Sculpture , Permanent, Interior, Transportation, Integration of art and architecture, Linear, Aluminum, Fiberglass, Plexiglas

Un Jeudi soir à 5 h

Josée Fafard, Un jeudi soir à 15h, 2001Josée Fafard, Un jeudi soir à 15h, 2001
The work consists of nine suspended sculptures, approximately eight hundred small, colourful isosceles triangles and nine sentences or words, all attached to the ceiling. Each sculpture is associated [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fafard, Josée
Installation year: 
2001
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Interior, Transportation, Event, Linear, Plastic, Mecanism

Une odeur de luxe

Mark Lewis, Une odeur de luxe, 1990Mark Lewis, Une odeur de luxe, 1990
"Odour-spraying" devices were installed in the airport toilets. In the men's room, the devices offered fragrances for women; in the women's room, fragrances for men. Text written in vinyl letters had [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lewis, Mark
Installation year: 
1990
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Thoroughfare, Transportation, Event, Linear, The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition , Billboard

Untitled

Shani Mootoo, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mootoo, Shani
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Thoroughfare, Transportation, Event, Linear, The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition , Billboard

Untitled

Ron Terada, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
1992
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Thoroughfare, Transportation, Event, Linear, The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition , Billboard

Untitled

Helen Leung, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leung, Helen
Installation year: 
1992
Glassworking, Permanent, Interior, Transportation, Contest, Linear, Glass

Wander

Derek Besant, Wander, 2005Derek Besant, Wander, 2005
Transit station 72-panel glass ceiling with text [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Besant, Derek
Installation year: 
2005
Multimedia, film and video, Temporary, Exterior, Transportation, Event, Full text, Linear, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Videotape

Words Travel Fast

Art for Commuters, Words Travel Fast, 2007
Six animations played full-screen on Onestop's network for twelve hours, without interruption from news flashes and marketing [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Art for Commuters
Installation year: 
2007
Installation and intervention , Temporary, Exterior, Transportation, Event, Random, Artport, Paper

You Are Here

Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005Peter G. Dykhuis, You Are Here, 2005
Used envelopes are the foundation of a map of Halifax Harbor. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dykhuis, Peter G.
Installation year: 
2005