Public Artwork
Tree Bands
Artwork creator(s):
Newman, Holly
Text author(s):
Newman, Holly
Installation year:
2008
Remarks on location:
Several locations
Description:
Text wrapped around trees with ribbons, textiles and common art crafts elements
Text of the artwork:
I love you.
What a beauty.
Fragments of paradise.
Wonder of wonders.
Broken promises.
Take a good long look.
Never say forever.
A wounded heart.
A wee bit of wild.
Rapture in green
Text theme:
Conversation
Artwork theme:
Conversation, communication
History:
The artist used 10 texts in 12 installations, exhibited for 10 days on the streets.
Note(s):
I imagined a dialogue between the trees and passersby. The text was wrapped around the trees with ribbons, textiles and common art crafts elements as a way to invite the viewer into the conversation. I used ten different texts in twelve installations, and exhibited them for ten days on Edmonton streets, I had five to take back home. I constructed the work in such a way to emphasize that, although the work was installed in an unstructured environment, I did not see the work as disposable. The final product was intended to underline the serious and considered process from which I chose the texts and their placement.
- From a conversation with the artist, April 2009
Artist's biography:
Holly Newman
Owner(s):
Holly Newman Document(s):
Syndicate
