"Spring Thaw #1, 2003"
"Spring Thaw #1, 2003"
13" X 18"
$115.00
Steel reinforced tire, Bic lighter, McDonalds cup, Coke can, 'spring' water cap, Belmont cigarette package, TTC bus transfer, parking ticket, copper flashing, basalt tile.
There were two thaws in Toronto in 2003 (global freezing?), a break between the two extended and stationary Siberian/Arctic cold fronts. For a couple of warm days I kept walking past this shred of rubber and steel mesh in the gutter that was once a tire. I picked it up but put it back again. It kept bothering me so I looked purposely for it the next time that I was up that way. As there was a lot of snow that winter, the street runoff was stronger than usual and the scrap of tire was no longer there. The emotional sense of loss was immediately re-focussed on the trash that Spring lays out before us to remind us (or tries) of our neglectful ways. I picked up a plastic shopping bag and started to collect a bunch of litter to make this sculpture. On my way back I found the tire which I used as the base for the sculpture.
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