Beautiful Light on ground by Toronto City Hall Council Chambers dome. 8:30 a.m. Thursday October 1, 2009. Twitpic by Susan Rubin.
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT installation being installed at Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square on Thursday night (October 1, 2009) in preparation for Nuit Blanche on Saturday Night, October 3, 2009.
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT is an art outstallation in Zone A City Hall during Nuit Blanche, Saturday October 3, 2009.
Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square - 100 Queen Street West
Beautiful Light: 4 LETTER WORD MACHINE, 2009
D. A. Therrien - Phoenix, AZ, USA 
Beautiful Light install circa September 29, 2009. Photo by D Lemmon via Twitpic from Susan Rubin. Light Installation
Suspended 65 metres in the air between the Viljo Revell-designed Toronto City Hall towers, the four 7 meter square alphanumeric quartz lamp arrays will display codes, DNA sequences and elemental words. With each of the four "characters" consisting of 16 light segments, the machine is capable of displaying nearly 4.94 billion distinct graphic combinations, facilitating the expression of any word in any language. Automated code sequences will run between live performance times.
Since 1984, D.A. Therrien has been creating large-scale spectacles as rituals of technology utilizing machines, computers, information displays, high intensity light, robotics and live electricity in complex interactions with human performers/operators. His performances in Europe, Asia and North America address man's relationship to political and religious systems, medical technology, surveillance, information systems and other 20th and 21st century technologies that are now pervasive in everyday life.
Live performances:
- 7:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
- 11:00 pm
- 1:00 am
- 3:00 am
- 5:00 am
- 6:30 am
Suitable for all ages
About the Artist
Artist D.A. Therrien has been creating dramatic, high-voltage art spectacle performances in Europe, Asia and North America since 1983. His work utilizes machines, computers, information displays, high intensity light, robotics and live electricity in complex interactions with human performers/operators. These performances address humanity's relationship to political and religious systems, medical technology, surveillance, information systems and other 20th and 21st century technologies that are now pervasive in everyday life.
