Installations
Chandelier
2013
recycled plastic, aluminum hoops, monofilament
21 x 15 x 15 feet
Waterfall
2013
recycled plastic, monofilament
18 x 34 x 2 feet
Chandelier
2012
recycled plastic, aluminum hoops, monofilament
21 x 15 x 15 feet
Waterfall Horseshoe
2011
recycled plastic, monofilament
19 x 18 x 17 feet
Above and Below
2010
recycled plastic, monofilament
24 x 24 feet
Waterfall
2010
recycled plastic, fishing net
20 x 27 feet
Waterfall
2009
recycled plastic, monofilament
13 x 34 x 4 feet
Chandelier
2009
recycled plastic, monofilament, aluminum hoops
21 x 15 x 15 feet
Waterfall (Nuit Blanche)
2008
6000 lbs of recycled water bottles, hockey arena netting, aircraft cable
30 x 74 x 20 feet
Waterfall (Canadian Art)
2008
recycled plastic, monofilament, curtain stands
8 x 60 x 2 feet
Waterfall (Fly Gallery)
2007
recycled plastic, monofilament
8 x 8 x 4 feet
Waterfall (Harbourfront)
2007
recycled plastic, monofilament
10 x 20 x 5 feet
Waterfall (Rodman Hall)
2006
recycled plastic, dollar store items, monofilament
10 x 11 x 2 feet
Fountain (Making Room)
2006
recycled plastic, monofilament
12 x 10 x 12 feet
Seasick
2003
mixed media installation
7.5 x 12 x 2.5 feet
To The Depths
2002
mixed media installation
8 x 1.5 x 1.5 feet
INSTALLATIONS
These site-specific installations created between 2001 and present are sculptural meditations on the politics of water. By transforming recycled plastic containers on a grand scale, the installation works create a provocative social commentary on the excesses of consumer society.
Dollar store items appear in early works, recalling the natural and unnatural phenomenon of Niagara Falls—as famous for its iconic kitsch souvenirs as its spectacular cascade. More recent works, including a two-storey waterfall installed outside the Ontario Power Generation building, enact a powerful metamorphosis of banal plastic cast-offs into a waterfall-like effect.
The installations consist of disposable plastic vessels, collected from neighbourhood recycling bins and tied together with monofilament. Shredded water bottles are manipulated on a massive scale to represent the very substance they once contained. The project builds in scope and scale as each successive commission subsumes and incorporates the last.