January light, so light
[nggallery id=43] 2015 polyester, mylar, steel wire in situ During January's brief days three installations respond to available light and air movement at the McClure Gallery. In Spinning World (version écran), installed near the large front window, a subtle show of lines of light appear most of the day. This bit of light is cast onto frosted mylar panels from assemblies of cut polyester attached to curved wires which turn slowly with any breeze from the opening gallery door. But between 3 and 3:30 pm on sunny days, light reflecting off windows across the street illuminates these spinners which in [...]
The Weight of Light
[nggallery id=34] 2012 plastic, fishline, glass beads, steel thread & frames; aluminum & monofilament in situ Thousands of discs cut from plastic water bottles are threaded together into masses suspended in an atrium to follow the path of the Milky Way overhead on summer nights. Along the wall, groups of spinal-curved arcs threaded with monofilament form a path of lines against which anyone pausing to rest appears to hover. Permanent installation at Cirque du Soleil Headquarters, Montreal, Canada (corporate collection)
(My Life on) Film
[nggallery id=33] 2011 polyester film, monofilament, plywood bench (daylight, air movement) in situ Sheets of clear polyester film are cut in strips and suspended in a daylit room with open windows, weather conditions articulated by reflected light in motion. One large swath, at the aspect ratio of a 16 mm film, sinuously reflects outside buildings; individual sheets hover above the floor, rippling waterily with air movement. La Biennale de Montréal (2011)
Whatever they said had also this quality
[nggallery id=37] 2003 fans, timers, nylon thread, acetate discs: 112 x 47 x 83 in / 285 x 120 x 210 cm Discs hand-cut from acetate are threaded between a ceiling support and domestic fans placed on the floor at the scale of a dining room table. The fans turn on and off to mimic the rushes and lulls of a conversation, lifting the discs along the threads where they flicker with reflected light in the day-lit room. Originally shown in the former dining room at Gairloch Gallery, Oakville, Ontario, as part of many things were left unsaid. many things [...]