SOT: A drive-by at YYZ
Oct 14, 2006, 1:29 pm
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SOT: A drive-by gallery at YYZ
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . a piece of sculpture?
Motorists travelling Highway 401 past Pearson International Airport aren't seeing things.
There, on a mound of mud and sod that is usually home to the roar of traffic and the worst wind tunnel this side of the prairies, now sit three gargantuan pieces of contemporary art, installed just last week.
The sculptures, each by a Canadian artist and made of honking chunks of weather-resistant metal that loom mightily over Canada's largest and busiest highway, cost an estimated $700,000 to produce but are free for the two seconds of viewing afforded by a fast-moving vehicle.
And they'll be sticking around for the next three years as part of Artstage, a new public art exhibition on the airport's grounds. It's the result of a collaborative effort led by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and curator Andrew Davies, and underwritten by corporate sponsors.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's . . . a piece of sculpture?
Motorists travelling Highway 401 past Pearson International Airport aren't seeing things.
There, on a mound of mud and sod that is usually home to the roar of traffic and the worst wind tunnel this side of the prairies, now sit three gargantuan pieces of contemporary art, installed just last week.
The sculptures, each by a Canadian artist and made of honking chunks of weather-resistant metal that loom mightily over Canada's largest and busiest highway, cost an estimated $700,000 to produce but are free for the two seconds of viewing afforded by a fast-moving vehicle.
And they'll be sticking around for the next three years as part of Artstage, a new public art exhibition on the airport's grounds. It's the result of a collaborative effort led by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and curator Andrew Davies, and underwritten by corporate sponsors.
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Oct 14, 2006, 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by tcook052
cost an estimated $700,000 to produce but are free for the two seconds of viewing afforded by a fast-moving vehicle.
Most times on that stretch of the 401 though you have many minutes to take in the art display. 
Oct 14, 2006, 1:43 pm
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At YYZ, drive-by refers to the loop from the Dunkin Donuts on Airport Road and the arrivals pick-up area in front of the terminals.
The parking gods are everywhere so you gotta keep moving, lest you invoke bad spirits
....and I thought the so called art was a mangled monorail car!
DF
The parking gods are everywhere so you gotta keep moving, lest you invoke bad spirits
....and I thought the so called art was a mangled monorail car!
DF
Oct 14, 2006, 1:45 pm
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Originally Posted by aidsactivist
You know that you've been in the USA too long...
...when you think that "drive-by" refers to "drive-by shooting"
...when you think that "drive-by" refers to "drive-by shooting"
Oct 14, 2006, 3:18 pm
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Originally Posted by tonypct
LOL! That's exactly what I was thinking when I read the thread title.