Hong Kong as a city ‘constantly reaching for the sky’ reflected in Australian artist’s imposing bronze oval at Peak Tram terminus

Chinese-Australian Lindy Lee sees Hong Kong’s verticality as its outstanding feature and sought to express that in her sculpture at Peak Tram’s Central terminus

The word that comes to mind when I think of the city is ascension, she says. Eye of Infinity, an oval cast in bronze, lights up at night, invoking the universe

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Artist Lindy Lee and her artwork “Eye of Infinity” at the Peak Tram’s Central terminus in Hong Kong. Photo: Edmond So

Published: 5:15pm, 15 Dec 2022

Visitors to Hong Kong’s Peak Tram terminus in Central may notice a recent change as part of its current upgrade. Standing 10 metres (33 feet) tall, a monolithic oval cast in bronze and sat in a shallow pool of water towers over the entrance.

Its dark body is seeded with thousands of tiny perforations, all converging on a void in the oval’s centre. At night, internal lighting produces a spectacular display invoking the vastness of the universe.

The sculpture, Eye of Infinity, is part of a HK$799 million (US$103 million) upgrade that has seen the launch of the funicular railway’s sixth-generation trains.

Although visitors may be perplexed when they are first confronted by the piece, the artist says that is part of its charm.

Artist Lindy Lee and her artwork “Eye of Infinity” at Hong Kong’s Peak Tram terminus in Central. “I’m not particularly interested in art that hits you over the head with its concept,” she says. Photo: Edmond So

“I’m not particularly interested in art that hits you over the head with its concept,” says Lindy Lee, the 68-year old Chinese-Australian artist who was commissioned to create the sculpture.