Idea Horizon


 

Liam Gillick

Idea Horizon

Print - Other

42ft X 490ft

2003

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport


Description:
This gargantuan art project "Idea Horizon", consisting of inkjet printing on vinyl (3M Scotchcal Electrostatic film) laminated over glass panels, is measured 42 feet high by 490 feet long. From a pale blue hue arises words and geometric shapes. The words are running into each other in such a way rendering them illegible. The artist 's intention is to allow the words and ideas ("created by every inhabitant of and visitor to Fort Lauderdale") to become a new "Idea Horizons" - thus, a completely new and fresh image that has not appeared in any existing style and format.


Artist Statement:
1- Flat work that embodies depth
2- Surface and backdrop simultaneously
3- The use of language
4- The use of structured image
5- The creation of an image of islands of ideas that can parallel the creation of reefs and horizons
6- Layered perspective
7- Transparent colour
8- Distance and recession
9- Text following straight line
10- An image of idea horizons and aspirations that are created by every inhabitant of and visitor to Fort Lauderdale
. Language slipping in and out of focus
. Words at different stages of development
. The introduction of poetic strategies
. Some thoughts to take and some thoughts to bring






 

 
   

Broward County Board of Commissioners
Community Services Department

Cultural Division
100 S. Andrews Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33301
Phone: 954-357-7457 Fax: 954-357-5769

Arts & Entertainment Hotline (Broward) : 1-800-249-ARTS
Contact Cultural Division