Public Artwork
Resource
Artwork creator(s):
Dextras, Nicole
Text author(s):
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year:
2008 Description:
RESOURCE is a series of 7-foot high letters cast in ice. The process involved creating wooden forms for each letter, which were then carried out onto Lake Nippissing, stood upright and filled with water. They used a pump to get water from the lake. The hole they dug with the auger showed the lake ice to be 18 to 24 inches deep. The forms were left to freeze for two weeks and then they were unmoulded the day before the opening.
Text of the artwork:
RESOURCE
LOCAL
GLOBAL
NATIONAL
Text theme:
Natural resources (global consumption of)
Artwork theme:
Ephemerality of nature; limitation of natural resources
History:
Event: Ice Follies Biennial, North Bay, ON. Hosted by WKP Kennedy Gallery.
Date : February 23-March 17, 2008
Event date(s):
2008 Dimensions:
Height:
2.13m
Artist's biography:
Nicole Dextras Document(s):
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