Sculpture :
Location : Sunset Community Centre, Vancouver (installation pending)
Media : Neon, plexiglass
Hold that Thought is a work in neon with programmed failure units by Toronto multimedia artist Kelly Mark. This site specific work was first exhibited in Nuit Blanche Festival in 2006 where it was installed on the front façade of the Church of the Redeemer at Bloor and Avenue Road in downtown Toronto. Several of the letters were programmed to fail or sputter (flicker on and off) at random intervals.
The artist imagined this New Media installation installed at a street intersection or a busy public area of the city, a hectic place where people might be encouraged to pause. This sign asks us to stop, slow down our minds, think and to "hold the thought" even if for only a moment out of our busy day. The temporal nature of this fleeting moment becomes a unique and personal experience for each viewer.
Kelly Mark works in a variety of media including: drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, sound, multiples, video & public interventions and is one of Canada's leading female New Media artists. Kelly Mark represented Canada in 1998 at the Sydney Biennale and in 2006 at the Liverpool Biennale. She is a recipient of numerous Canada Council grants and received the prestigious KM Hunter Artist Award in 2002.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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Hold that Thought
Artist :Kelly Mark
CanadaLocation : Sunset Community Centre, Vancouver (installation pending)
Media : Neon, plexiglass
Hold that Thought is a work in neon with programmed failure units by Toronto multimedia artist Kelly Mark. This site specific work was first exhibited in Nuit Blanche Festival in 2006 where it was installed on the front façade of the Church of the Redeemer at Bloor and Avenue Road in downtown Toronto. Several of the letters were programmed to fail or sputter (flicker on and off) at random intervals.
The artist imagined this New Media installation installed at a street intersection or a busy public area of the city, a hectic place where people might be encouraged to pause. This sign asks us to stop, slow down our minds, think and to "hold the thought" even if for only a moment out of our busy day. The temporal nature of this fleeting moment becomes a unique and personal experience for each viewer.
Kelly Mark works in a variety of media including: drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, sound, multiples, video & public interventions and is one of Canada's leading female New Media artists. Kelly Mark represented Canada in 1998 at the Sydney Biennale and in 2006 at the Liverpool Biennale. She is a recipient of numerous Canada Council grants and received the prestigious KM Hunter Artist Award in 2002.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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