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Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:09:51 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Artwork creator(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Text author(s):

Dextras, Nicole

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Ice Follies (2008). Nicole Dextras-Ice Follies.(http://icefollies.ca/artists/nicole-dextras)

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.

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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

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

Other information

Artist's biography:

Nicole Dextras

Document(s):

Nicole Dextras - Ice Follies (North Bay)

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Ice Follies

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