Public Artwork

Palimpsest

Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006
Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006
Location:
Banff Art Center, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive , Banff, AB, T1L 1H5, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Text author(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2006
Description: 

Block of ice with text, frozen onto trees

Text of the artwork: 

Palimpsest

Text theme: 
Parchment manuscript on which text has been erased to write another. The ephemeral.
History: 

This series of cast ice installations was created during an art residency at the Banff Art Center during the winter of 2005 and 2006.

Dimensions:

Height: 
10.97m
Width: 
5.48m
Depth: 
0.91 m
Document(s): 

Nicole Dextras: Ephemeral Art: Art Residencies

Dextras, Nicole (2008).  Nicole Dextras: Ephemeral Art: Art Residencies. <http://www.nicoledextras.com/> : Nicole Dextras webpage