Transit + Infrastructure, Museum+Exhibits+Performance

O'Hare Multi Modal Terminal Curated Artwork

Chicago, IL | Complete, 2019
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Art inte­gra­tion for the build­ing was exten­sive and includes a col­lec­tion of per­ma­nent instal­la­tions com­mis­sioned by the City of Chica­go and curat­ed by Theast­er Gates.

Amidst the stress and chaos asso­ci­at­ed with trav­el, the Mul­ti­ Modal Ter­mi­nal is a place of calm and beauty.

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REACH fea­tures two mon­u­men­tal hands that reach out to one anoth­er, that almost but don’t quite touch, sug­gest­ing sep­a­ra­tion or com­ing together.

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REACH by Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy

Palimpsest by Nick Cave

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Palimpsest is a vast, mul­ti­sto­ry tapes­try, bead­ed and bus­tled, that reveals lay­ers and lay­ers of col­or, like an old bill­board that over time, weath­ers, and reveals the his­to­ry beneath.

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Field Lines by Rob Ley

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Vis­i­tors are greet­ed by a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of dynam­ic air cur­rents that oscil­late between sta­ble and tur­bu­lent con­di­tions that often impact air travel.

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Hori­zon Light by James Car­pen­ter

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Flight, trav­el and time are evoked by an array of 196 col­or-anodized ellipses with pro­grammed light­ing. Inspired by the scat­tered atmos­pher­ic col­ors of twi­light, the art­work speaks to the expe­ri­ence of arrival and depar­ture, and to the cycles of light from dawn to dusk.

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