BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

[Duck Lightning]

It's a 70 foot tall metal sculpture of a water droplet.​

 

[The Familia]

Stupid. Couldn’t they actually build a real water fountain with real water drops? Just a little more disappointing everyday lol.

 

[outoftheice]

Agreed on the fountains. Calgary could use more fountains in general but the hot desert that is the Stampede grounds in July could especially use some fountains and I would have thought the area in front of the BMO would have been the perfect spot. Even having this art piece (which I don't really like) surrounded by fountains that people could interact with would have made it much better and given the water drop some much needed context.

 

[Mountain Man]

Looks cool, drunk people will climb it during Stampede though haha.

 

[Duck Lightning]

I like the sculpture but I don't really think it matches the area. I think it would make more sense if it was in front of the city water services building off 25th Ave to the south! I also agree that this thing is inevitably going to have people climbing onto it during Stampede

 

[Duck Lightning]

Maybe they should paint it black and swap it with the head sculpture in front of the Bow. A massive steel oil droplet is more appropriate for that area of downtown anyway.

 

[badc0ffee]

the hot desert that is the Stampede grounds in July

I've never had a stampede that hasn't alternated between rain or hail and sunshine.

 

[Duck Lightning]

How nice of them to place a 70 foot metal lightning rod in the middle of the new BMO Centre plaza! I'm sure it'll lots of use during Stampede!

 

[badc0ffee]

$2.5 million bucks

 

[Tothewest]

bulky, bland, incoherent. Nobody should be surprised by this, what of the indigenous installation at COP and ring near YYC. Would this money not be better served by a unique exterior lighting or LED installation, which adds to the vibrancy of the neighborhood, adding to the "spectacle"? Unsure what qualifies as "art", but if 9/10 people cant decipher what something is in the public realm, what exactly is the goal then?

 

[badc0ffee]

I have to admit the ring (Traveling Light) has really grown on me. It's big, and ugly, and ridiculous, but it's unique. Is there a street light like it anywhere else? It's also the only thing that breaks up the liminal space of the Nose Creek valley near Airport Trail. Tons of people pass through on Deerfoot, Airport Trail, and the railway mainline. But nobody stops there for any reason. The ring is the only thing worth noticing, the only frame of reference.

 

[artvandelay]

It's kinda cool but if anywhere in the city makes sense to have western equestrian sculptures it's Stampede Park.

IMO something like this would be much cooler:

 

[haltcatchfire]

“During the couple decades of the 2020’s and 30’s the thing heard most often, uncertain whether spoken of the 2.5 million dollar sculpture, or the performance of the team that just played on the ice nearby, was ‘What the F was that?’.”

 

[boreal96]

Looks weird. And its not interactive, which is again a miss.

 

[trtcttc]

I can understand not wanting a fountain because of the maintenance costs but they picked a structure that is not of cultural or historical relevance to the area, not usable as a shade in the summer, not usable as a gathering area, and provide zero seating or gathering space. What is the point of this piece other than to say we had an art piece installed.