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1999 Exhibition |
Curated by EJ. Lightman |
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J. Lynn Campbell
In-Sight consists of trees planted in a spiral formation.The outside diameter of the spiral is 33-36 feet. Positioned in the centre of the spiral, is a boulder, 3 ft by 2 ft by 2ft. On the surface of the boulder, impressions of both left and right feet are sandblasted. The location, a clearing, will provide an unobstructed approach and a clear viewpoint of the surrounding landscape. The spiral depicts by analogy, growth and expansion, death and contraction, winding and unwinding". Carolyn Bell Farrell, "Axis of Time," The Tree Museum, (The Tree Museum, 2000) |
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Gwen MacGregor
Thirty-five miniature battery-operated speakers are suspended from different parts of the ceiling. On contact with light they emit amplified sounds reminiscent of birds, crickets or bats. Simple devices, their structure is skeletal, their voices abstracted from their materiality. MacGregor's 'creatures' do not merely imitate the natural; technology recreates nature in its own disembodied image. |
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Anne O'Callaghan
Mining the repositories of memory, Anne O'Callaghan reconstructs the natural and human histories issuing from this site. In Relic of Memory, domestic and architectural structures fabricated from contemporary industrial materials are introduced into the environment. |
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Robert Wiens
Nestled in a forest clearing, Robert Wiens' installation Log II reads initially as a fallen tree, its shape and size mirroring those flanking it in this grove. Closer examination reveals a composite structure. Single branches gathered from the immediate site are trimmed and tightly intertwined. Bundled together, the branches create the illusion of a solid trunk. Different trees and different woods are used, yet the colour is uniform. The surface texture, which mimics bark, is produced from the action of weaving the twigs. |
| The Tree Museum Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts & the Ontario Arts Council. |