Toby Chapman MacLennan
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: USA
Province of Birth: Michigan
Year of Birth: 1939
City: New York
Country: United States
Type of Creator: Artist, Writer
Gender: Female
Mediums: film, installation, performance, sculpture, text-based
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Work by Toby Chapman MacLennan
Deer/shell
Work ID: 25426
Description: The outline of a life size deer is chiseled into a rock that faces out to sea. Cowrie shells, coloured brown and white like the skin of a deer, were attached by 6 foot cords to the image of the deer. The tide comes in and slowly rises over the deer. The cowrie shells vacillate in the waves, being pulled out to the sea they came from, then push back against the deer to form it's skin. At high tide, the deer image disappears. Only the deer coloured shells are seen floating on top of the water. Installed on Galiano Island, British Columbia.
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Date Made: 1975
Materials: shells, cord, water
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Work ID: 25420
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Date Made: 1976-1983
Materials: multi-media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Work ID: 25417
Description: Multi media performance, beginning with a reading of a story about a village of peope who believe they have lost the power of night, which once resided inside them. Following the story, a group of musicians and singers each pursue their quest to retrieve the power of night by using movable pieces of sculpture. Each sculpture holds a rectangular frame with five wooden bars. This frame acts as a musical score. Using the stars on a planetarium dome of by flooding a gallery with multi- projections of galaxies, the musicians look through the rectangular frame on top of their sculpture. Seeing the stars fall into the note spaces of their score, the musicians give a concert singing and playing the stars.
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Date Made: 1976-1983
Materials: multi-media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Work ID: 25418
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Date Made: 1976-1983
Materials: multi-media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Work ID: 25419
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Date Made: 1976-1983
Materials: multi-media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Work ID: 25421
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Date Made: 1976-1983
Materials: multi-media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Work ID: 25423
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Date Made: 1977-1986
Materials: skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Work ID: 25424
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Date Made: 1977-1986
Materials: skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Work ID: 25425
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Date Made: 1977-1986
Materials: skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Work ID: 25422
Description: A woman dressed as a landscape, wearing a 6' x 8' movable skirt, wheels herself onto the stage. A man painted white, emerges from a Skybox sculpture. The woman poses questions to him, such as, "Does a wave belong to the sea or the shore?" The man responds to the various questions with Kabuki-like actions, incorporating mechanical movements made by his Skybox. After the woman's final question, she rolls up her skirt like a stage curtain and mechanically releases 100 Melmac cups from underneath it, the cups crashing to the floor.
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Date Made: 1977-1986
Materials: skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Work ID: 25439
Measurements: 16mm, 45 minutes
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Date Made: 1981-1991
Materials: b&w film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Work ID: 25440
Measurements: 16mm, 45 minutes
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Date Made: 1981-1991
Materials: b&w film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Work ID: 25438
Description: Excerpt from film soundtrack: "He was not going to be afraid, he assured himself. It was just that no one before him had ever deliberately thought of biting into something without a mouth, as a way to knowledge. But wasn't there mounting evidence all over, that the others were simply unaware that they had already begun? For years, the billions of people everywhere, who each one closed their mouth over a single word, hadn't they already bitten into a piece of the day?"
Measurements: 16mm, 45 minutes
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Date Made: 1981-1991
Materials: b&w film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25427
Description: In this installation, a chair, upholstered with a Hokusai wave, moves across the stage above three tiers of painted wooden waves.The movement of the chair is accompanied by the crashing sound of marching music. A model of an Egyptian funerary boat is perched on top of the moving chair. When the chair has marched all the way to the left of the stage, it swings around to the audience. The lights dim and the 35 minute film is projected on the wall over the installation.
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25432
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25433
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25430
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25435
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25431
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25429
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25428
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Work ID: 25434
Measurements: 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
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Date Made: 1983-1986
Materials: wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Work ID: 25442
Measurements: life size/ grandeur nature
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Date Made: 1989
Materials: plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Work ID: 25441
Description: The Mouth of the Sky is a film projected onto a sculpture of a woman who is sitting on a golden structure. This structure is based on a Hindu sculpture that symbolizes the self. The film loop contains two sets of images. One is of the artist (in the same position as the sitting woman) facing the viewer. She is rolling backwards in a muddy marsh, throwing her arms and legs out to the sky, then bringing them close to her body in a fetal position. The second set of images shows the sculpture woman caked in mud. A small songbird appears in the gaping mouth of the figure. It hesitates, and then takes flight, flying out of the mouth toward the viewer, followed by more and more birds.
Measurements: life size / grandeur nature
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Date Made: 1989
Materials: plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Work ID: 25443
Measurements: life size / grandeur nature
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Date Made: 1989
Materials: plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Am I Gonna Die?
Work ID: 25437
Measurements: life size / grandeur nature
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Date Made: 1991
Materials: plaster cast, wood construction, coloured sand, I.V. bag, seashell
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Am I Gonna Die?
Work ID: 25436
Description: This work was inspired by the death of a close friend. In the middle of a black room, a man, attached to an I.V. bag, holding a seashell to his ear, is suspended on a large rock-like sculpture. A field of sand spreads out beneath the figure upon which images of skeletons, watermelons, lips, etc. are built up out of coloured sand. Votive candles surround the sand. Quiet sounds of a baby cooing and high distant bells repeat on a tape loop.
Measurements: life size / grandeur nature
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Date Made: 1991
Materials: plaster cast, wood construction, coloured sand, I.V. bag, seashell
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25396
Description: The gallery installation consists of a large freestanding plywood deer (8 x 10') with a film projector mounted inside. The film projects out of the deer's chest. The projected image is large, covering the far wall from floor to ceiling. The room is dark. A shallow pool (12 x 12') made of black material on the floor in front of the far wall also reflects the film images. There are tree stumps scattered throughtout the room and red pine needles cover the floor. Sculpture/ props, all made by Terry Chapman
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25405
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25407
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25411
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25397
Description: The gallery installation consists of a large freestanding plywood deer (8 x 10') with a film projector mounted inside. The film projects out of the deer's chest. The projected image is large, covering the far wall from floor to ceiling. The room is dark. A shallow pool (12 x 12') made of black material on the floor in front of the far wall also reflects the film images. There are tree stumps scattered throughtout the room and red pine needles cover the floor. Sculpture/ props, all made by Terry Chapman
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25410
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25399
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25400
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25412
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25404
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25409
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25408
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25402
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25416
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25398
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25403
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25401
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25406
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25414
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25415
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 25413
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date Made: 1993-1999
Materials: deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Work ID: 24887
Measurements: 45 minutes
Collection:
Date Made:
Materials: 16 mm film
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
