Blue, 2000
For the inaugural bennial renowned New Zealand artist Bill Culbert produced a blue neon sculpture for the façade of the Christchurch Convention Centre.
Commissioned by the Christchurch City Council and project managed by Art & Industry. Manipulated to form an abstract, linear shape, the neon is held in space by rods and cables and fitted to the south/west side of the Convention Centre's sweeping glass façade.
Culbert's abstract work refers to space (linear); material (glass); and electricity (power and light). The work and its setting also reflects the design brief's reference to the 'light of a new millennium,' as Culbert's argon neon combined with the steel of the Convention Centre echoes the official millennium colours - blue and silver.
Commissioned by the Christchurch City Council
with generous thanks to: Signtech the Signmasters and the Christchurch Convention Centre
Image: Blue, Bill Culbert 2000
Photographer: Ross Coombes