Heather Nicol
Folding and Unfolding, 2003
installation
An installation occupying both the main floor and upstairs galleries, Gallery 101, Ottawa. Downstairs viewers encounter a mass of suspended origami aircraft. Appropriated from the Hiroshima memorial tradition of "Sadako and the 1000 Cranes", this installation explores issues salient to another world altering episode, 9/11, and the subsequent build up to the invasion of Iraq that was concurrent to the making of this work. Huge theatrical lights, casting ominous shadows, and a video camera address the roles of the media and artifice. Upstairs, a second mass of folded paper objects–envelopes, explore the passage of timer, personal history, and privacy.
installation
An installation occupying both the main floor and upstairs galleries, Gallery 101, Ottawa. Downstairs viewers encounter a mass of suspended origami aircraft. Appropriated from the Hiroshima memorial tradition of "Sadako and the 1000 Cranes", this installation explores issues salient to another world altering episode, 9/11, and the subsequent build up to the invasion of Iraq that was concurrent to the making of this work. Huge theatrical lights, casting ominous shadows, and a video camera address the roles of the media and artifice. Upstairs, a second mass of folded paper objects–envelopes, explore the passage of timer, personal history, and privacy.
