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Gateways to the Gold Coast
Contemporary Australian Public Art – design by LOT-EK artists Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano
22 Jun 2017
Gateways to the Gold Coast
Design: LOT-EK
Location: The Gold Coast, Australia
Gateways to the Gold Coast Revealed

A world-renowned design studio will put the Gold Coast?s name in lights through two unique works at the city?s busiest entry points.
The successful design for the ?Gateways? major public art commission, by New York-based LOT-EK artists Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, was revealed today by Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and Commonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones.

The work, titled HI-LIGHTS, will feature nearly 100 modified highway lights and poles, closely spaced at different heights. The lights will appear to spell out the city?s name in the northern installation and feature the letters GC at the southern site. Mayor Tate said the Gateways would ?bookend? the city and become an iconic ?welcome? to visitors and ?welcome home? for residents.
?Together, they will create a sense of arrival and welcome for locals, visitors and GC2018 athletes, regardless of whether they visit us from the north or south,? Cr Tate said.
?This is the latest of many arts and culture projects underway. Locals and visitors will see a very different Gold Coast, a city more mature in its cultural offer, before, during and after the Games,? he said.
Both artworks will be ...