Research in artworks: Transportation

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

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

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

Tree Group: Metaphors

Todd Davis, Tree Group : Metaphors, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Davis, Todd
Installation year: 
1992

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

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

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

Untitled

Shani Mootoo, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mootoo, Shani
Installation year: 
1992

Untitled

Ron Terada, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
1992

Untitled

Helen Leung, Untitled, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leung, Helen
Installation year: 
1992

Wander

Derek Besant, Wander, 2005Derek Besant, Wander, 2005
Transit station 72-panel glass ceiling with text [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Besant, Derek
Installation year: 
2005

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

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