Jordan Museum

Cultural Capital of Canada Project

The second project was a site-specific installation for the schoolhouse at the Jordan Museum in Jordan Village.  This was a one-day show on the Museum grounds with twenty-three participating artists.  I called my installation “Now I know my ABC’s”.  It consisted of 6 small children’s mannequins which had been collaged with photos of regional maps, street maps, buildings, faces, letters, and numbers.  The collage became the children’s clothing. 

 

 Six porcelain heads were imprinted with letters and numbers and hung above the mannequins. 

 A selection of large and small letters surrounded a large convex mirrored dome on the ground.  The children and the letters were reflected in the dome.  The installation had multiple readings dealing with urbanization and population growth.