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EK Modernism: Canada Series (2017)


A number of streets in the  former New Town of East Kilbride, Scotland are named after Canadian cities in honour of the number of Scots (over 4.5 million) who emigrated to Canada between 1950-65.

The artist's mini-series project made in collaboration with former New Town artist, J.Keith Donnelly, is a specific subset developed from the larger endeavour EK Modernism (2004-10) and illustrates a number of East Kilbride's Canadian named neighbourhoods (e.g. Vancouver Drive, Edmonton Place, Manitoba Park, Ontario Park, Yukon Crescent, etc).

Remarkably in this former Scottish New Town, parts of Canada from the West Coast to East and up North were depicted in over 40 streets which takes about 1 hour to walk around. Consequently, this artistic endeavour illustrates how named areas of Canada were integrated in Scottish urban planning and as a reminder of this new country's adoption by Scottish citizens.  For Canadian audiences, the series reads as an evocative link to migrant heritage, and as a utopian approach in Modernist ideals that such a vast country as Canada could be condensed to a 6 km square radius.


dye sublimation prints |  2017


Reviews:

Derdeyn,  Stuart. “Home, Shelter, Belonging: The meaning of space at Harmony Arts Festival and West Vancouver Museum” in Vancouver Sun, August 3, 2017.

http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/home-shelter-belonging-the-meaning-of-space-at-harmony-arts-festival-and-west-vancouver-museum