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Artwork Title: Lodge, 2004/2005

Project Title: TELUS Entryway Sculptural Installation

Artist: Clay Ellis

Location: Southwest corner Sir Winston Churchill Square

Scope of Competition Call: Edmonton Region Artists & Designers

Artist and Designer Submissions Received: 15

Commission Awarded: $95,000

Materials: Cast Aluminum placed on a 4’ polished black concrete base

Artwork Description:“As a response to the site, which offers both intimate and distant views, my hope was to create a sculpture that could be perceived as both object and place. I had in mind the form of a simple shelter, lit from within, that on approaching, could be thought of as perhaps a beacon, then shelter, then hearth. The title "Lodge" seemed to be a definition that spanned that scale. The light source, generated from a projection system (housed within the sculpture), is meant to cover an equally wide spectrum. Images of (and from) the City can be gathered and projected, changing with time and season.” (Clay Ellis, June 23, 2004)

Sponsoring Partners: TELUS, EDMONTON 2004

The Places Founding and Ongoing Partners: Edmonton Journal, The City of Edmonton, Downtown Business Association, The Edmonton Business Council for Visual Arts

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