Public Artwork
Wish you were here
Artwork creator(s):
Woodcock, Laurel
Text author(s):
Woodcock, Laurel
Installation year:
2007
Remarks on location:
B8 on the business card of the event (Area B, exhibition 8). Level Grange Road. Located at the North end of the park.
Description:
Light projected on the ground
Text of the artwork:
wish you were here
Text theme:
Inspire desire for the unattainable
History:
Wish You Were Here ³ YYZ Gallery, September 8-October 23, 2004, Toronto
Wish You Were Here: project for the "At The Corner of Time and Place" theme, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007, Toronto. New version of the work (gobo projector, balloons filled with helium)
Event date(s):
2007 Note(s):
The phrase is familiar as it has been abused by generations on souvenir postcards. Once meant as a wholehearted invocation to the friend or family member who could not travel along to an exotic location, it has become hollow and empty, often used with sardonic intent.
Source: Kathie Bethune-Leamen, "Once more, with feeling," in: Play/pause/repeat, p.24-25
Artist's biography:
Laurel Woodcock Document(s):
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