Time and Tide 1994

Summary

Location: cnr Swanston and Little Collins Sts Like many of Makigawa’s works, this sculpture is monumental in scale. It comprises horizontal and vertical elements, which extend some 20 metres over its Town Hall Plaza site. Fibre optics are embedded in the concrete and the light they emit creates a different mood night and day. The individual elements of Time and Tide loosely represent a tree – signifying growth, knowledge and the land – a flame – signifying rebirth and transcendence – and a shell – signifying the ocean. Time and Tide was commissioned by the City of Melbourne through its Percent for Art Program. Unveiled 16 December 1994.