This commission captures Tiffany Shaw’s interest in the life cycles of water in relation to glaciers, how they form and shape the alpine terrain, and how these systems are inextricably linked. The Athabasca Glacier is integral to Banff’s ecosystem. Glaciers embody time, as seen in how glaciation has shaped the mountains and landscape, and express entropy, a measure of energy and transformation from one state to another.
The artist is listening to the glacier. What is it telling us? What does it want? How does it express its character?
CMCK Public Art ran the curatorial commissioning process for the Town and is working with Shaw to develop a context-specific permanent artwork in response to a busy pedestrian corridor in the Rocky Mountains. Projected Completion 2024
Image: CMCK Public Art, Athabasca Glacier, Alberta
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