OOH AH WOW
at Fieldwork
I have created graffiti word sculptures for fieldwork entitled OOH, AH, WOW. The exhibition opens on Sunday, September 11, 2011 with a vernissage in the field from 2pm-4pm and the work will be installed until spring 2012.
The sculptures created for Fieldwork have challenged me to create work in new material and in large scale for an outdoor fall/winter season installation. I sewed the words in tarp and stuffed them on-site with hay. In selecting words for this exhibition, I considered the palindrome (a word that can be spelled backwards and forwards i.e.: racecar), but I also looked at letters that can be flipped vertically and be the same letter i.e.: U, T, A, O, W, H, M, X, Y, V, because the work will be viewed from front and back. Influenced by graffitti style font and lettering, I chose the words OOH, AH, and WOW because they illicit excitement and isolate the graffiti tagging aesthetic to a bucolic environment.
September 11, 2011 December 2011
February 2012 April 2012
I have uploaded a number of images to Flickr:
process of making the words in the studio
the words in the field, the opening, repairs, and bug bites!
photos of a visit to the field in December
Thank you to Susie Osler, Cam, Jenny McMaster and Jason Derikozis for your help with the installation day! Please stop by the field, the work will be up until April 2012. For info about Fieldwork and directions to the Field, please visit
http://www.fieldworkproject.com/
Time Lapse of W making:
