Œuvre d'art public
Wander
Artwork creator(s):
Besant, Derek
Text author(s):
Besant, Derek
Installation year:
2005 Description:
72 panneaux de verres pour le plafond d’une station de transit
Text of the artwork:
TRAIN SET --- SEVEN RAVENS ACROSS THE ----
IN TIME ---------- RAIN MOVING INTO ----
THAT IS ------------- THE PRAIRIE AS A---
THIS SPIRIT ----
FOR ANOTHER---
I WANT HER TO LEAVE ME
Text theme:
Situations particulières; Capture un moment de quelqu'un pendant qu'il attend ou se déplace.
Artwork theme:
L'attente du train
Dimensions:
Height:
1.5m
Width:
1.5m Note(s):
Chaque verre est programmé pour que la lumière s'intensifie à chaque fois que le train arrive dans la station. Le concept est d'avoir des panneaux qui s'éclairent de façon séquentielle de manière à changer le sens de la phrase. Par exemple :
I WANT HER TO LEAVE ME
I WANT HER TO LEAVE
I WANT HER TO
I WANT HER
I WANT
I
Speech and reading are formulated in different parts of the brain. The text registers as incoming data that is read by the brain through the optic nerve and filed into categories of recognition (re- cognition). This bridging process triggers associations, whereby the reader automatically assembles the text as a memory foil, drawing from their own personal remembrance. In other words, the text is designed to associate and link common possibilities of experience to language.
- Conversation avec l'artiste, 4 septembre 2009
Artist's biography:
Derek Besant
Propriétaire(s):
Ville de Calgary 
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