softspring

 hope springs eternal...

plasticgreens

In the Pendulum Gallery in the Atrium of the HSBC Building on West Georgia, there are installed full containers of perpetual greenness in the form of intricately clustered boxwood surrogate that is dusted daily to retain the fresh sheen and luster of luxuriant plastic...no watering necessary...

vag:: upspotting

 lawless art...

an empty nest perched high on a bare tree by the Vancouver Art Gallery was an elevated respite from the visual cacophony within the gallery - where the second floor was laid out with the myriad accumulated contents of one [just one!] family's home in China with a population of over ONE BILLION...
["Song Dong: Waste Not" the exhibition is over now, but the methodical display of the obsessive collection of stuff imprints a psychological (and physical!) burden too heavy for some - who can fly away and leave their nests empty for a while...]