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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 18:02): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/filigree

Filigree

Filigree [1]

image/jpeg iconSource : Katherine Kerr (2005) Portfolio. Public Art Projects. Filigree.(http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/) [2]
Location:
Braid Street Station, Braid Street, New Westminster, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Text author(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2000
Remarks on location: 

Skytrain, Millenium Line; intersection of Brunette and Braid Streets

Description: 

Filigree consists of 15,000 bronze letters cast into 50 concrete panels.

Text theme: 
Oral traditions, childhood
Artwork theme: 

Oral traditions, childhood

Dimensions:

Remarks: 

Each concrete panel measures 9.15 x 1.22m

Note(s): 

A bronze filigree montage of childhood rhymes, lullabies, tongue twisters, chants and other songs and sayings from our oral traditions is cast into large concrete stones. The client for the project is Architectura with Walter Francl of RTPO.

Artist's biography: 
Katherine Kerr [3]
Source: 
Katherine Kerr P.O. Box 507, Brackendale, BC V0N 1H0 Tél : 604-898-3536 fax : 604-898-3599 Courriel : kekerr@telus.net Site web : www.katherinekerrpublicart.com BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/filigree
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/filigree.jpg
[3] http://www.katherinekerrpublicart.com/
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1948
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/filigree