Ingrid Koivukangas
Environmental
Artist
Responding to sites around
the world through works
created in site specific
installation, intervention, ephemeral sculpture,
video, sound,
web, permanent
site-specific sculpture,
photography, printmaking,
painting & drawing.
Welcoming
opportunities
to work in different
geographic regions
& locations
in the world, creating
site-specific works in
response to the land.
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The
Works Festival June 2004
North
Saskatchewan River Project: Edmonton
The
North Saskatchewan River Project: Edmonton is based on the river valley
that cuts through the city of Edmonton, between the High Level and the
Low Level bridges. The work took place over an 8-day residency in early
June, during the Works Festival, and is a two-part piece, connecting
the gallery to the actual site. The installation portion of this work
is in a gallery space in Commerce Place in downtown Edmonton
while the site-specific ephemeral work is set into the banks of the
river, near the High Level Bridge, on the south side of the river.
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photos of stone piece at river
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This
site-specific ephemeral work is situated on the south bank of the river,
and can be viewed from the Legislature Building hill, overlooking the
river, as well as from various other viewpoints along the riverbank and
from some of the bridges crossing the river. This site work is approximately
50 feet in length and 12+ inches in height, and is made from white and
nearly-white stones, ranging in size from 80 pounds to less than 1 pound,
collected from the shoreline to the east and west of the site. The stone
line sits approximately 5 to 6 feet up the bank from the rivers
edge, and parallels the gallery installation in length. This site work
speaks of the connection between the site, the natural materials collected
from the site and the viewer interacting with the site materials in the
gallery or non-gallery setting.
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photos of gallery installation
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Click for natural
materials collected along the river
The
gallery installation is approximately 50 feet in length, and honours,
and takes the viewer on a visual journey based on the river. Natural materials
were collected over the 8 days and suspended in a double topographic line,
or section of the North Saskatchewan River. This river way
is three feet in width and bends around the corner from one room to the
next so that when the viewer is standing at either end of the installation
they cannot see the other portion of the river until they round the corner.
This echoes an actual walk along the river itself. Mud collected from
different sites along the river was applied to the floor, delineating
the space between the suspended natural materials. The natural materials
collected ranged from complete sets of birds wings, crayfish and various
types of feathers to Mayflies, bones and seeds, which were suspended at
a height of four to six feet off of the floor and approximately 12 inches
apart. Magnifying glasses are provided for viewers to explore the wide
variety of natural materials found along the river. Stones were collected
(but not suspended in the installation), and are found in the mud pathway.
The sound of the river accompanies the viewer on their journey through
the installation.
Once
the exhibition is finished the natural materials collected will be
returned to the river and the work will continue to exist online.
Special
thanks to Allie Wojtaszek, Paul Leonard, Sharon Hjartarson and everyone
at The Works.
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