Title

Cosmic Chandelier

Artist

Ward, Holly

Date

2017

Medium

LED Lighting

steel

Type

sculpture

Owner

UniverCity

Accession Number

NA

Location

9393 Tower Road, Burnaby

Category

Private Development Public Art

Collection

Public Art

Lat/Long

49.277948,-122.909225

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Hovering within the two-story atrium cut away from the façade of CentreBlock, and surrounded by its solid grey reflective surfaces, Cosmic Chandelier marks the transition from the streetscape of University High Street to the private residences and businesses within. Programmed to respond to changes in ambient light and designed to capture the motion of the air, the artwork rewards the ongoing observation of viewers as they pass through during the habitual movements and pauses of everyday life.

Based between Vancouver and Heffley Creek, BC, Holly Ward is an interdisciplinary artist working with sculpture, multi-media installation, architecture, video and drawing as a means to examine the role of aesthetics in the formation of new social realities. Stemming from research into various visionary practices such as utopian philosophy, science fiction literature and counter-cultural projects, her work investigates the arbitrary nature of symbolic designation and the use-value of form while soliciting engagement in public spaces.