Nuit Blanche 2019
at Spadina Museum October 5, 2019
Sunset to Sunrise
Barbara Cook Artist:
MEDIA Themed Installation
Where does our media come from? Who writes, edits, reviews the articles we read? In today's world, the advertisements or review for an exhibition such as this are mostly found on-line. Yes, they can be sourced in print media but really, how often!
The trees in this installation represent media of old and media today. The colour and flash of current media that some say lack in substance are in cyber space forever. While black and white printed articles of old painstakingly written and edited are in the recycle bin or wrapping fish and chips the next day.
How often have you read reviews of event you have attended in person only to wonder if the writer actually attended the same event. Was the story vetted, reviewed, edited, spell checked?
The trees sculpted out of newspapers are a metaphor for circling back to where the paper came from... and maybe how we get our media. Perhaps we should circle back to edited, vetted, true reporting like the days of printed newspapers, talking and interacting with people face to face.
This installation is created from recycled newspapers found in neighbors recycle bins and freebies in various newspaper boxes in the city. A huge thank you to The Toronto Star, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Metro, The Toronto Sun, The Wall Street Journal, NOW, L'Espress, Gil and Steve for all the papers they read!
Is this an ancient papier mache craft or a new artistic method developed by this artist!! Either way, recycling household materials are the genesis of these sculptures.
Photo Credit: Sean Ryan Images
MEDIA Themed Installation
Where does our media come from? Who writes, edits, reviews the articles we read? In today's world, the advertisements or review for an exhibition such as this are mostly found on-line. Yes, they can be sourced in print media but really, how often!The trees in this installation represent media of old and media today. The colour and flash of current media that some say lack in substance are in cyber space forever. While black and white printed articles of old painstakingly written and edited are in the recycle bin or wrapping fish and chips the next day.
How often have you read reviews of event you have attended in person only to wonder if the writer actually attended the same event. Was the story vetted, reviewed, edited, spell checked?
The trees sculpted out of newspapers are a metaphor for circling back to where the paper came from... and maybe how we get our media. Perhaps we should circle back to edited, vetted, true reporting like the days of printed newspapers, talking and interacting with people face to face.
This installation is created from recycled newspapers found in neighbors recycle bins and freebies in various newspaper boxes in the city. A huge thank you to The Toronto Star, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Metro, The Toronto Sun, The Wall Street Journal, NOW, L'Espress, Gil and Steve for all the papers they read!
Is this an ancient papier mache craft or a new artistic method developed by this artist!! Either way, recycling household materials are the genesis of these sculptures.
