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Public Art | David Perrett
city.block.stop is a public artwork commissioned by the Winnipeg Arts Council.
The Shelter incorporates reclaimed slate and sandstone from Wesley Hall at the University of Winnipeg with steel, glass, Tyndall limestone, Mariash Limestone, local mosses and plants.
The sculpture is fabricated from an 8 ton block of Tyndall limestone balanced on point and featuring an adapted cartography of the rivers of Winnipeg. The Red, Siene, and Assiniboine Rivers each independently remain true to their original contours, but the map is corrupted by the form of the cube, and the removal of landmass required to wrap the rivers around the cube.
All images of city.block.stop appear courtesy of Robert Tinker
“Nous rêvons de canots volants / We Dream of Flying Canoes” was carved from an American Elm Tree killed by Dutch Elm Disease. The Dodem (Clan Sigils) depicted on the trunk of the tree are drawn from the “Selkirk Treaty of 1817” and serve as a permanent acknowledgment of the indigenous ancestral lands on which the sculpture was erected. Currently in progress is a video component, linked to the sculpture plaque, that will present First Nations and francophone stories involving flying canoes in their original language (where possible).
Images of “Nous rêvons de canots volants / We Dream of Flying Canoes” Courtesey of Dan Harper
Public Art
city.block.stop Shelter 2010
city.block.stop Sculpture 2010
city.block.stop whole site
Nous revons de canots volante-We Dream of Flying Canoes 2017
Nous revons de canots volante-We Dream of Flying Canoes 2017
