Phare du Cosmos
Like a giant robot, this lighthouse is made up of three superposed sections: a tripod base, a shaft and a head. The structure of this piece draws from real and fictional imagery that extend to the great discoveries in space as well as electronic and computer vocabulary. Originally mechanized, the piece also produced sound effects.
Municipal public art collection
Title
Phare du Cosmos (Lighthouse from Space)
Artist
Yves Trudeau
Materials
Steel sheets
Production
H. Fontaine Ltd., Magog
Completed
Seagram financed the work for the 1967 World Exhibition.
Installed
Place de l’Univers [Universal Square] at the 67 World Exhibition site
Acquisition
Gift from St. Dunstan University in Prince Edward Island
Location
Parc Jean-Drapeau, île Sainte-Hélène
Ville-Marie borough
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