Imaginings installed at the Richmond Art Gallery in an exhibition Titled SHIFT. Vancouver, Canada
and at The Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Canadian Pavilion. Cheongju, South Korea
and at The Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Canadian Pavilion. Cheongju, South Korea
Imaginings 2009-2010 |
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These pieces have been created on a daily basis over a year-and-a -half, and much like the spontaneous activity of journal keeping, each individual sculpture contains an intimacy that honors the rituals of being present, everyday. Equally important to the work are the multitude of shadows that are cast across the wall. Initially the piece looks like an environmental drawing, but the viewer is then drawn to individual details and an interesting relationship is set up between the individual pieces and the room as a whole. The work uses simple and accessible materials (i.e sewing pins and Fimo) and involve domestic and time consuming processes: they involve a slowing down, attending to detail, and set in motion a ritual way of making. Over time these 'imaginings' take on a life and a pace of their own, and eventually venture into the realm of installation because they demand a space much bigger than themselves. The work is small in detail, but excessive in design. The small becomes big, making the viewer travel between the space of the miniature to the multiples that surround them. |
The cast shadows of these objects create memories, transitions, and a more ephemeral encounter with the work: they are shifting drawings on the wall, a reminder of the daily ritual of time, and that the present is both a fleeting and a particular moment.