1987, Vancouver, BC - Urbanarium – ‘Lost Vancouver’ Welded expanded mesh aluminum, black grout, aluminum lathe shavings
Challenge of the Mountains was exhibited in the group show organised byUrbanarium. The theme of work by all artists participating was ‘Lost Vancouver’.
The premise of this work was that the mountains (abstracted) created a psychological barrier.
The installation described a segregating thought process, formed physical disconnection, showing the feeling of loss (especially from Eastern Canada).
Seven tetrahedron shapes of the aluminum expanded mesh on the black grout curve allowed a visual and physical barrier.
The aluminum lathe shavings afforded a deterrent to walk through the tightly configured grouping.
The ability to see through the shapes allowed a connectivity, a congruence of form and by association, consideration of what a obstruction is because the barrier was permeable.
