Christy Haldane
Statement
In 2009 I began developing The Waterway Project, a three stage project based on the Trent Severn
Waterway. The Waterway is a part of Parks Canada and is a National Historical Site. It spans South Eastern Ontario with a lock system creating a water highway from the Bay of Quinte to Georgian
Bay. I am fascinated by the way humanity moulds the environment, how we humans attempt to bend the natural world to our own will. The Waterway is a perfect example. To create The Waterway Project, I have used concrete, rock and steel to echo the materials of which the locks themselves are comprised.
These represent control and containment of the environment. The transparency, fluidity, and bluish hue of water are suggested in the colours and properties of the glass. Monuments of human engineering, the sculptures
simultaneously point to the ongoing erosion from the elements that the locks face, reflecting the passage of time and the subtle power of water. The erosion of the locks also references the atrophy of humanity. We try to control, but due to nature or human foibles, our own systems deteriorate.
The Waterway Project began with an outdoor installation at the Peterborough Lift Lock Visitor’s
Centre in the fall of 2010. This was followed by a gallery exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough in the
summer of 2011 and culminated with five outdoor installations along the Waterway from July to October 2012.
http://www.christyhaldane.com/
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Waterway. The Waterway is a part of Parks Canada and is a National Historical Site. It spans South Eastern Ontario with a lock system creating a water highway from the Bay of Quinte to Georgian
Bay. I am fascinated by the way humanity moulds the environment, how we humans attempt to bend the natural world to our own will. The Waterway is a perfect example. To create The Waterway Project, I have used concrete, rock and steel to echo the materials of which the locks themselves are comprised.
These represent control and containment of the environment. The transparency, fluidity, and bluish hue of water are suggested in the colours and properties of the glass. Monuments of human engineering, the sculptures
simultaneously point to the ongoing erosion from the elements that the locks face, reflecting the passage of time and the subtle power of water. The erosion of the locks also references the atrophy of humanity. We try to control, but due to nature or human foibles, our own systems deteriorate.
The Waterway Project began with an outdoor installation at the Peterborough Lift Lock Visitor’s
Centre in the fall of 2010. This was followed by a gallery exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough in the
summer of 2011 and culminated with five outdoor installations along the Waterway from July to October 2012.
http://www.christyhaldane.com/
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