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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 18:24): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/stroll

Stroll

Stroll [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Derek Besant [2]
Location:
Calgary Municipal Building, 7th avenue, Calgary, AB, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
Harold's Plus 15 Run, Walk and Stroll
Artwork creator(s): 
Besant, Derek
Text author(s): 
Round, Stuart
Installation year: 
2005
Remarks on location: 

On the South side of 7th Avenue and pedestrian walkways

Description: 

Text fragments in stainless steel are wrapped around poles at eye level. Each describes an ordinary moment, such as waiting for a train.

Text of the artwork: 

Mind       Images

Artwork theme: 

Time, Communication

Note(s): 

"I designed this to mimic the patterns bees have when they return to the hive, communicating information to the rest by way of circular repeated dance-like patterns.  If you, as a pedestrian, wanted to read the texts, you would have to circle each of the ten poles to read the artwork."

 

- Conversation with the artist, September 4, 2009

Artist's biography: 
Derek Besant [3]
Owner(s): 
City of Calgary
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/stroll
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Besant19.jpg
[3] http://www.derekbesant.com
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/926
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/stroll