HOTEL, Sculpture in Victoria, Australia.
HOTEL is a sculpture by Callum Morton standing beside the EastLink toll road in Victoria. It takes the form of a tall, narrow white tower with a flat roof, its broad front facade a grid of dark rectangular window panes set in a white frame. Near the top, above the windows, the word "HOTEL" appears in red capital letters; the tower rises from a low white base with a few small dark openings at ground level.
Callum Morton's EastLink hotel sculpture was unveiled on 27 November 2007 at a cost of A$1.2 million. It was commissioned for the EastLink toll road in Victoria, Australia, as part of the infrastructure project's public art program.
In April 2019 the American folk punk band Violent Femmes released Hotel Last Resort, whose cover carries a photograph of the sculpture. The album title echoes the structure's name, and the artwork appears as a roadside hotel that no guest can enter.
The sculpture is best viewed while driving northbound on the EastLink freeway between Greens Road and Bangholme Road. For a closer look, parking at nearby vantage points allows for a better appreciation of the work's scale and structure.
At night, windows in the tower light up at random, so the sculpture appears to have guests checking in. The effect is programmed lighting, not rooms behind the glass. The 2007 work by Callum Morton cost A$1.2 million and stands beside the EastLink toll road in Victoria.
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