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details
:::: public art commission, client - Sydney Olympic Park Authority
:::: created for the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
:::: address - Yulang, Sydney Olympic Park
:::: mixed media - including concrete, steel, polystyrene and various coatings
:::: 5m (height) x 5m x 1.6m
special acknowledgements:
Rodney Muscat (A & C Polystyrene), Dave Redman (Pacific Facilities Management), Hari Gohil (Shreeji Consultant), Jarda Prochazka and Peter Riley (Poly Productions)
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artist statement
Arc de Triomphe Individuel is a temporary public artwork created for the 10th anniversary celebrations
of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
The work is a formal archway in architectural scale, with outlines defined by the repeated line of a
single normalised ECG (electrocardiogram) cycle. In this sense, it is suggestive of any individual, with
a given moment from their continuum sampled and monumentalised.
Unlike its historical precursors, this arch is not dedicated to victory in war; rather, it celebrates
individual triumph and human effort. More particularly, it is the athletes at the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games that provide the inspiration. Theirs were stories of commitment and possibility realised and
their achievements are a fundamental part of the Park's ongoing legacy.
… for those passing through, I would hope that the act may serve as a
small symbolic step towards the voices of their own calling.
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