Media Advisory - New landmark to be inaugurated: Di-Octo is mesmerizing, kinetic, unique

Jonathan Wener, BComm 71, and wife Susan Wener donate eight-metre-high kinetic sculpture to city and Concordia for Montreal's 375^th and Canada's 150^th anniversaries

MONTREAL, Sept. 28, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - The towering new Di-Octo sculpture outside the southwest corner the Henry F. Hall Building in Quartier Concordia is unique and mesmerizing. The kinetic artwork was generously donated to the city and university on the occasion of Montreal's 375^th and Canada's 150^th anniversaries by Concordia Chancellor, Montreal businessman and philanthropist Jonathan Wener, BComm 71, and his wife Susan Wener.

The eight-metre-high, 725-kilogram sculpture, by American artist Anthony Howe, represents a significant contribution to Montreal's and Concordia's collection of public art.

Media can get a sneak peek of the sculpture in motion at http://bit.ly/2xxbiET. Journalists are invited to the inauguration of Di-Octo:

• When: Thursday, September 28, 2017 — ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m.
• Where: Outdoors at northeast corner of Mackay St. and De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
• What: Official inauguration followed by a luncheon in room LB-103 of the adjacent J.W. McConnell Building, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.

Event speakers will include:

• Jonathan Wener: Concordia Chancellor; Chairman and CEO of Montreal-based property development firm Canderel
• Alan Shepard: President of Concordia University
• France Chrétien Desmarais: President of the Society for the Celebration of Montreal's 375^th Anniversary
• Manon Gauthier: Member of the executive committee of Ville de Montréal, responsible for culture, heritage, design, the Space for Life and the status of women; City Councillor, Ville de Montreal, District of Champlain-L'Ȋle-des-Soeurs-Verdun
• Bram Freedman: Vice-President, Concordia Advancement and External Relations

Full details of this story will be available as of noon, September 28, at http://bit.ly/2hxKZrN.

SOURCE Concordia University

Media contacts: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins, Director of Communications, Advancement and Alumni Relations, Concordia University, Telephone: [phone], ext. 4977, Cell phone: [phone], [email protected]; Fiona Downey, Media Relations Advisor, Telephone: [phone], ext. 2518, Cell phone: [phone], [email protected]

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