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Suzanne Franks
Gravity Boots
Size 5 (child) & 7 (adult)
2001
Rubber boots, grommets
Alberta
Suzanne Franks
b. 1965, resides in Calgary, AB
Franks explores the relationship between the lure/dream
of space travel, disembodiment, ultimate freedom, and the
reality of this fantasy - loss, imbalance, and the denial
of the weight of our corporeal bodies. Glimmer is a homage
to a friendlier version of technology which could inspire,
yet disrupts, our extraterrestrial desires/fantasies of
travel by illustrating the limitations of our physical bodies
and their connection to the earth.
Informed by the theatrical, this visual spectacle of a rocket
made out of grommets is used to entice the viewers beyond
their physical boundaries. Does the awesome nature of spectacle
deny corporeal experience? While the artist incorporates
spectacle as a device, to transform the viewer, the installation
recalls an empty stage set - objects left behind, like old
discarded skins.
- 1993
- Diploma (Painting) Alberta College
of Art & Design, Calgary, AB
- 1987
- BFA (Drama) University of Calgary,
Calgary, AB
- 2003
- New Work, (solo), AKA Artist Run
Centre, Saskatoon, SK
- 2002
- Dreambodies, (two-person), Struts
Gallery, Sackville, NB
- 2001
- Dreamy: Landscapes and Simulations,
(group), Artcity Calgary, IMCA Building, Calgary, AB
Glimmer, (solo), Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
- 1999
- Nocturne, (solo), Project Room, Stride
Gallery, Calgary, AB
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- Glimmer,
Suzanne Franks, 2001, Plastic, vinyl, metal grommets
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Gravity Boots, Suzanne Franks, 2001,
Rubber Boots, Grommets
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Friendly Beavers, Lynn Richardson,
2001, Interactive sculpture, m/m
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Friendly Beavers (detail),
Lynn Richardson, 2001, Interactive sculpture, m/m
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Imperfection Series, Tammi Campbell,
2001, Oil & Wax on Canvas
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Imperfection Series, Tammi Campbell,
2001, Oil & Wax on Canvas
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Ursa Major, John Noestheden, 2000,
Variable Aluminium
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Ursa Major (detail), John
Noestheden, 2000, Variable Aluminium
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Stain, Wendy Peart, 2000, Ink, vinyl,
metal
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Stain (detail), Wendy Peart,
2000, Ink, vinyl, metal
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Growth & Accumulation, Wendy
Peart, 2002, m/m
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Growth & Accumulation
(detail), Wendy Peart, 2002, m/m
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Strut II, Valerie Hunter Cullen,
2002, Glass, epoxy
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Local Hero’s, Anna Scott,
2000, textile
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Local Hero’s, Anna Scott,
2000, textile
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Untitled, Theo Sims, nd, projection
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Footnotes to the Everyday Theo
Sims, nd, projection
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Camels, Myron Turner, nd, Black
and white woodcut
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Cat Galloping (Muybridge, Frame 12),
Myron Turner, nd, woodcut
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Sow Trotting, 2, Myron Turner,
nd, woodcut
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Emma Lake Sketchbook, Jeff Nachtigall,
wood veneer
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Emma Lake Sketchbook (detail
4), Jeff Nachtigall, wood veneer
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Emma Lake Sketchbook
(detail 5), Jeff Nachtigall, wood veneer
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