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Wilderness
Tourist is a three dimensional iridescent fabric sculpture in
two parts built to fill two windows. The fabric forms are punctuated
with random patterns of industrial sized grommets and the interior
of each form is fitted with a lighting system. The iridescent
fabric’s surface changes with the shifting daylight. Depending
on the quality of light and from which angle you look at the surface,
the colour changes (iridescent fabric is typically made with a
weave of two different colours). The exterior light also effects
the interior lights of the sculpture through a light sensor and
a computer: the darker it is outside, the more luminous the lights
inside the sculpture, the brighter it is outside, the lower the
interior light. As is common with window displays, audio is used
but instead of the popular choice of music, the sound of a canoe
being paddled is heard on the street.
Exhibition
History:
2006 site work located in The Hudson’s Bay department
store at Yonge St. and Richmond St. (Toronto) sponsored by Interaccess
Electronic Media Arts Centre in partnership with the City of Toronto
(Canada); 2005 Canada Quay (Toronto) |
