Preparing the Body for Ascension in the Belly of the Whale
MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, 2006
Installation. View of altar with projection of wrapped body.
View of altar with projection (Pinocchio).
Side view of altar and blue wall.
Installation overview.
General science books on the stars and sun.
Detail. Case containing literature on whales.
Close up of fish ink print on rice paper.
Pages of fish prints.
Detail. "Ghent Altarpiece with hole in the center". Lightboxes, coloured gels, and prayer kneeler.
"The Death of the Sun": curtained-off chapel portion of installation containing "Ghent altarpiece with hole".
Detail. "Ghent Altarpiece with hole in the center". Lightboxes and coloured gels. Image: "Immortality is Not Everybody's Thing" by Kurt Schwitters, 1922.
Video projection (artist as Pinocchio).