hive consciousness V

hive consciousness V

2010

beeswax and honeybee hive comb

hive consciousness IV

hive consciousness IV

2010

waspnest paper and wasp hivecomb

murmuration
(2010)
tree bark, brick, beeswax, audio component

exhibited at the Gladstone, Toronto

mumuration:
1. an indistinct continuous sound as of far-off voices
2. starlings collectively, as in a flock of starlings

I was always fascinated by the trees on the CAMH grounds which had suffered some earlier illness and had their hollowed interiors bricked-up as a stop-gap measure. One early dawn the trees were filled with large numbers of starlings, all of them vocalizing at once. It seemed as if all the souls that had ever inhabited the “asylum” building, or walked the grounds, had manifested in the damaged trees and now in the inarticulate calls of the birds. This sculpture is an attempt to evoke that moment.

Note: Starlings are not indigenous to this continent but were brought here as caged creatures. They are known for mimicking human vocal patterns.

irma

(2009)

manipulated 1940's photo

Shown in Um Livro Sobre a Morte, a sister exhibition to A Book about Death. Exhibition was at the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura in Sao Paulo, Brazil

irma is Portuguese for sister

http://umlivrosobreamorte.blogspot.com/2010/01/fran-freeman-231.html

afterlife

The New York exhibition A Book About Death has an AfterLife!
MOMA, New York has added it to their collections.
And several other galleries around the US, in Central and South America and in Europe are remounting the show.
Details, comments, reflections at the link below.

http://abookaboutdeatharchive.blogspot.com/

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH: Fran Freeman

Here is my contribution to the exhibition A Book About Death at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York held Sept 10 - 22/09

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH: Fran Freeman [230]

cannibal

cannibal (2005) is an eight foot-long human form, sculpted from peat fibre. Seasonally-appropriate seeds, or bulbs, are planted in the body cavities (head/mouth, belly/genital area). Over the course of an exhibition these germinate, grow, and flower, transforming the piece.