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Wild History

By |January 1st, 2009|Categories: land, space|Tags: |

[nggallery id=31] 2009 nylon monofilament, steel, acetate, clear elastic thread, video loop A “bear” of fine monofilament emerges from threads demarcating Ursa Major. Hundreds of other lines, in elastic thread, mark the constellation's path across the space as it would appear every thousand years over the site. Collections of historical first-person accounts relating to the region are suspended in dark insect-like clouds at either side of the space. A video on a small screen captures the eye: a spider at work turns out to be the artist’s hands building the “bear” threads. Wild History, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, Ontario (2009) [...]

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here within our curving spaces

By |August 7th, 2008|Categories: artist books, land, light, space|Tags: , |

[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 [...]

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Corona Borealis, 9-5

By |January 1st, 2008|Categories: land, space|Tags: |

[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);

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Imaginary Range

By |January 1st, 2007|Categories: light, space|Tags: |

[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)

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