Introduction
The Creature series is a portion of a larger body of work entitled Organs or Organisms. I have been researching amoebas, anoemes, flagellas, mitochondrias, and nuclei. This theme points to the current state of scientific progress: stem cell research, biological warfare, threats of pathogens, bacteria and viruses.
These creatures were created for exhibition at Ottawa's Crichton Community Cultural Centre, April 4-May 31, 2008. When considering the public setting of a community centre, many people use the space through out the day. I think of microbes and germs that may be lurking on surfaces and in the air. We live in world of antibacterial washes and soaps. We are bombarded with rituals of hyper cleanliness and germ free surfaces.
For the CCCC I created an installation of sculptural ‘air cleansers’. These small sculptures on-a-wire were suspended in the hallway. As a way to aid the air quality in the facility, the air creatures are at once beautiful and frightening, a reflection of the microscopic world existing beyond our five senses.
This group exhibition included works from: Leanne L'Hirondelle, Alex Leblanc, Theo Pelmus, and Tavi Weisz. It was curated by Alisdair MacRae
