YOU ARE HERE / Map related art and historical maps / Group exhibition at the Forks of the Thames to celebrate London, Ontario's 150th Anniversary, 2005 / Kirtley Jarvis, Curator and contributing artist


OUTDOOR INSTALLATION
Kirtley Jarvis: THE URBAN FOREST

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INDOOR EXHIBITION at
ONE DUNDAS STREET
Historic Maps and New Work
by 11 London Artists


ARTISTS
Aston Coles, Jason Dickson, Jason Gilliland,
Emily Goodden, Kinny Kreiswirth,
Kirtley Jarvis, Ron Milton, Doug Mitchell,
Jill Price, Merle Tingley, Aidan Urquhart

CATALOGUE ESSAY
Sylvia Curtis-Norcross







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YOU ARE HERE is a rare opportunity to view historic maps of our city in conjunction with work by eleven London artists who bring an extra dimension to cartography.

Art at its best transports us to otherwise inaccessible places. Both artist and viewer arrive with a fresh perspective. Seeing ourselves in a new way and understanding our place in the world are especially important as we celebrate milestones such as London's Sesquicentennial. The contributors to this exhibition have explored and charted their experience using intriguingly diverse materials and techniques. Through their subjective map-making they reveal not only what is vital to themselves, but to the community and visitors to London, Ontario.
                                     
Kirtley Jarvis, Curator and contributing artist, 2005


KIRTLEY JARVIS / THE URBAN FOREST - Six hydro poles, salvaged wire and electrical hardware, macrame wire; painted symbols and signage: acrylic on metal; hand-embroidered industrial hardware cloth; stamped and punched metal; historic handbills & broadsheets, 22 feet x 25 feet x 25 feet, 2005


Hydro poles also function as a communication tool at ground level. I collected Yard Sale signs for two summers as I cycled to work from the Forks of the Thames to White Oak Road & Exeter Road in London, Ontario. These signs as well as the route are represented by painting, carving and a variety of other media forming a new "bark" for the poles.

Each pole is a distinct species: The Medusa Pole / The Wortley Village Pole / The Beck Pole / The Same Potential Pole / The Gallows Pole and The Simcoe Pole

click for detailed description of each pole
BELOW ARE 6 GROUPS OF PHOTOGRAPHS:
  • The London Hydro Pole Yard in the spring of 2005 where I painted and prepared 6 hydro poles for installation. I had spent the winter making signage (industrial embroidery), wire macrame, stencils and so on in my studio.
  • Installing THE URBAN FOREST at the Forks of the Thames
  • Close-ups and long shots of The Urban Forest
  • THE URBAN FOREST in winter
  • Taking down the installation
  • Pieces of THE URBAN FOREST at my studio

LONDON HYDRO POLE YARD

May, 2005
          
           16 photos


INSTALLING THE POLES AT THE FORKS OF THE THAMES

June, 2005


22 photos


THE URBAN FOREST
 

                     34 photos


THE URBAN FOREST IN WINTER


                8 photos


STRIKING THE URBAN FOREST


                     16 photos


THE URBAN FOREST IN MY BACK YARD


         18 photos


YOU ARE HERE at ONE DUNDAS STREET
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Floor plan of One Dundas Street

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One Dundas Street at the Forks of the Thames River, London Ontario
INDOOR EXHIBITION at
ONE DUNDAS STREET
Historic Maps and New Work
by 11 London Artists

ARTISTS
Aston Coles, Jason Dickson, Jason Gilliland,
Emily Goodden, Kinny Kreiswirth,
Kirtley Jarvis, Ron Milton, Doug Mitchell,
Jill Price, Merle Tingley, Aidan Urquhart

CATALOGUE ESSAY
Sylvia Curtis-Norcross

click for indoor exhibition at One Dundas Street