A Conversation of Views
View Frame and Table (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
Viewing from the Pavilion (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
Viewing from the Lake (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
The Pavilion, Table and Frame (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
The Small Globe and the Pavilion (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
The Large Globe (Photo: PLANT Architect Inc.)
(Photo: Oakville Galleries)
(Photo: Oakville Galleries)
Project
A Conversation of Views
A Conversation of Views
Oakville / Canada, 2003
Description
This installation is one of four outdoor pieces commissioned by the Oakville Galleries for the surrounding public Gariloch Gardens. The installation was situated in a neglected area that was a former service yard for the estate. The project is concerned with both the physical and the historical perceptions of this room-like space. The installation explores the tension between the edges and the body of the outdoor room using two types of viewing devices, transformed and writ large: the Renaissance perspective drawing frame (perspectival) and the Victorian gazing globe (anti-perspectival). The installation includes two very large gazing globes, a hedge of fencing and red climbing plants, a 41-foot long viewing table, and a pavilion with benches. The installation was to be installed for one summer but was eventually worked into the Gallery education programme, remaining for another four years.
This installation is one of four outdoor pieces commissioned by the Oakville Galleries for the surrounding public Gariloch Gardens. The installation was situated in a neglected area that was a former service yard for the estate. The project is concerned with both the physical and the historical perceptions of this room-like space. The installation explores the tension between the edges and the body of the outdoor room using two types of viewing devices, transformed and writ large: the Renaissance perspective drawing frame (perspectival) and the Victorian gazing globe (anti-perspectival). The installation includes two very large gazing globes, a hedge of fencing and red climbing plants, a 41-foot long viewing table, and a pavilion with benches. The installation was to be installed for one summer but was eventually worked into the Gallery education programme, remaining for another four years.