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WORKS TEXTS Himno Alemán Debitism - Breathing Course Elevator Bar Take Away First Decision (video) The Blind Man Nr. 3 Art Exchange First Decision (book) Artist Statement Beautiful Views Rettet Berlin Exuberance is Beauty Occupied El Dorado World View ZIG Give work away, take work away White Turkish White American Extra Host Ghost Guest My Berlin Artscene Wahlverwandtschaft Emergency Community Together Against Self- Exploitation My Job, my Hobby Wegen Selbst Aufgabe Art has Destroyed my Life Non Profit Money Annuntiation The Border Liner Project Zurich Days no MONEY 6 Benches for the Stadelmeier Square Tabletop Football Storing of an Idea + Selling Options Money Sculptures Structuring the Colours of the Public Space Light Work Renaturation of brown coal strip mining fields The Matterhorn Seen From Zermatt Thrown Universe None of these Words is True Barefoot Switzerland in Colour General View Here's the World Created 164 Countries 12 Houses 4 Seas 5th Dimension Gaps Between Flight Routes Miller's Cow Hornung Cricket Universe Kunst kommt von Kurr |
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El Dorado 2003 Ottawa SAW-Gallery (in collaboration with Jo-Anne Balcaen) El Dorado is a ceiling intervention at SAW Gallery in Ottawa. It was conceived in part as a response to the white cube of Modernism and its emphasis on an aesthetically neutered presentation space consisting solely of four walls. It also references the Baroque ceiling, with its painted frescoes and gilding, which metaphorically blew the lid off its lavish interiors to reveal visions of the heavenly skies. The Baroque ceiling both defined and neglected the room it covered. Structurally, it provided a lid for the box; aesthetically, it aggressively competed for your attention by pulling your eye upward, away from the decorative wallpaper, stately paintings and brocade fabrics. SAW Gallery is located in the basement of the former Law Courts building. Due to this location, its ceiling is very low. While visiting the gallery, we were struck by the ceiling’s strong presence and the decision to leave its heating, plumbing and ventilation systems exposed, rather than install a less distracting dropped-panel ceiling. Despite efforts to subdue this industrial maze by painting it flat black, (thereby hoping it will recede from our peripheral vision); it still hovers like an ominous cloud. In response to this interesting architectural feature, we painted SAW Gallery’s ceiling completely gold, transforming industrial material into a decadent Baroque display. At SAW Gallery from March 12 - April 12, 2003. The ceiling will remain on view at least until January 2004, as part of the gallery’s 30th anniversary. joannebalcaen/recent_exhibitions.html galeriesawgallery.com 
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