Public Artwork
Growth
Location:
Ontario Hydro building, 700 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z5, Canada
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Alternate title:
The Bank of Symbiosis
Artwork creator(s):
Alstad, Michael
Text author(s):
Alstad, Michael
Installation year:
1997
Remarks on location:
Former Royal Bank of Canada (vacant space)
Description:
Six 5-foot tall letters made of foam, felt and wheat grass spell out the word G*R*O*W*T*H. Grown in the bank for two weeks prior to opening, the water supply was then cut off for the duration of the exhibition, which resulted in the slow death of Growth.
Text of the artwork:
Growth
Text theme:
Growth, profit
Artwork theme:
The complex economic and emotional relationship between a bank and its clients; the economy, surplus, surveillance, privacy, social and monetary exchange.
History:
The Bank of Symbiosis. Site-specific exhibition by the Symbiosis Collective. Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON.
Date: 2- 25 octobre 1997
Note(s):
The Symbiosis Collective and four guest artists collaborated on an artistic "occupation" at a former branch of the Royal Bank. Growth is a sculpture featuring six 5-foot tall letters made of foam, felt and wheat grass, which spell out the word G*R*O*W*T*H. Grown in the bank for two weeks prior to opening, the water supply was then cut off for the duration of the exhibition, which resulted in the slow death of Growth. It is part of «The Bank of Symbiosis», a larger exhibition that also includes "Take Heart", an installation.
Artist's biography:
Alstad, Michael Document(s):
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