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MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS (Fifth Posting) Hares & Squares

Hares & Squares- Eguchi Associates
Hares & Squares- Eguchi Associates
Hares & Squares- Eguchi Associates
Hares & Squares- Eguchi Associates
Hares & Squares- Eguchi Associates

Miscellaneous Thoughts (Fifth Posting) hares & squares

 
We will be visiting the installation this Thanksgiving weekend and then off to the family cottage for a traditional Sunday dinner on our way to returning home to Toronto.
 
We’ve had some time to separate ourselves from the work and it will be interesting to get re-acquainted with perhaps a more objective viewpoint.
 
This posting includes a few more images we thought are interesting. We had posted a view from centre field previously and from there all the elements appear green. The idea was that the green leads us toward and across the road, the boundary we wanted to challenge.
 
The hares appear all orange and the squares all green in the view approaching from the east along the road. This is reversed when approaching from the west.
 
We knew we wanted to install the hares and squares along two gentle converging arcs but we were not sure about the exact location or layout. We had been asked if we would mind if another artwork, Heavenly Blue, a terra cotta warrior (soldier) installed during the spring season, remained in place for part of the time that our work was installed. Not only did we not mind, but we looked forward to the challenge of engaging with another element in the field since we believe that if we embrace an uncontrolled, complex array of relationships, that makes our lives, if not our work, more interesting.
 
When we arrived at the site for the installation, and not knowing the location of the soldier, we decided to align the hares with the soldier while allowing the soldier to stand proudly on its own. The two pieces relate well, and many visitors have actually thought that there was an intentional relationship from the conceptual beginnings, but of course there was not.
 
It seems to be the unexpected that confronts us with challenges and brings us delight. The process of creation seems to strengthen when we embrace the unknown rather than fearing it.

Submitted by bREAL on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 13:16
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