here within our curving spaces
[nggallery id=27] 2008 Installation: nylon monofilament, elastic thread, fans (Cygnus, 9 hours: 144 x 196 x 72 in / 360 x 480 x 180 cm) artist book: River Story. 4.5 x 7.25 in closed: 4.5 x 14.5 in open; interior pages hand-cut from laser print on acid-free paper; cover ultrachrome inkjet print on acid-free paper; bound with fluorocarbon braided fishline; 40 copies In the entry room to the exhibition, elastic threads are stretched horizontally between walls to bounce in a watery shimmer, while marking the former path of the adjacent West Don River. In the adjacent room, a nine-hour orbital [...]
Corona Borealis, 9-5
[nggallery id=30] 2008 nylon monofilament, plastic lenses The constellation Corona Borealis is mapped out as it would be positioned over the gallery from 9-5, February 29 (during the exhibition). The resulting pattern forms the structure for a hand-looped net of fine monofilament which mimics the windowless brick wall of the Mississauga City Hall council chambers, visible through the window. Corona Borealis, 9-5, Art Gallery of Mississauga (2008);
Imaginary Range
[nggallery id=29] 2007 nylon monofilament, 210 x 750 x 900 cm A hand-crocheted web of fine monofilament is suspended overhead to follow imagined "thought pathways" between a room’s entries. Not visible from all vantage points, its mass (18 km of thread) testifies to distances traveled in touch and daydream while making it. De-con-structions, National Gallery of Canada /Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa (collection, 2007)
my Darling
[nggallery id=26] 2006 installation: nylon and elastic thread, plastic magnifying lenses, acetate, plasticene, water artist book: 5 7/8 x 11 in closed: 22 7/8 x 11 open; 18 pages plus wrap-around cover. Hand-trimmed, zig-zag fold, ultrachrome inkjet print on acid-free bond; acid-free glue; single silicone elastic thread; 50 copies Clear elastic threads hang ceiling to floor and slip around the body as one passes between them. Lenses suspended overhead refract sunlight in wandering spots, on cloudy days spot-illuminating the shadows. Pools of water seem to grow out of the floor, reflecting more light. Flickering lights turn out to be strips [...]