Absence of a hole
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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?"
Des mesures : 16mm, 45 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1981-1991
Matériaux : b&w film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Oeuvre d'art par Toby Chapman MacLennan
Deer/shell
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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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Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1975
Matériaux : shells, cord, water
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25420
Description:
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Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1976-1983
Matériaux : multi-media
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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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Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1976-1983
Matériaux : multi-media
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25418
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1976-1983
Matériaux : multi-media
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25419
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1976-1983
Matériaux : multi-media
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Singing Stars
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25421
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1976-1983
Matériaux : multi-media
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25423
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1977-1986
Matériaux : skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25424
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1977-1986
Matériaux : skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25425
Description:
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1977-1986
Matériaux : skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Does a Wave Belong to the Sea or the Shore
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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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Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1977-1986
Matériaux : skirt, skybox sculpture, hand props, two actors
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25439
Description:
Des mesures : 16mm, 45 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1981-1991
Matériaux : b&w film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25440
Description:
Des mesures : 16mm, 45 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1981-1991
Matériaux : b&w film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Absence of a hole
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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?"
Des mesures : 16mm, 45 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1981-1991
Matériaux : b&w film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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.
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25432
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25433
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25430
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25435
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25431
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25429
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25428
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Much Far is There?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25434
Description:
Des mesures : 16 mm colour film, 35 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1983-1986
Matériaux : wooden stage, mechanical chair, model boat, ox head, painted tiers of waves
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25442
Description:
Des mesures : life size/ grandeur nature
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1989
Matériaux : plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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.
Des mesures : life size / grandeur nature
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1989
Matériaux : plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Mouth of the Sky
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25443
Description:
Des mesures : life size / grandeur nature
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1989
Matériaux : plaster cast, wood construction, 16mm film, projector with film looping machine
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Am I Gonna Die?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25437
Description:
Des mesures : life size / grandeur nature
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1991
Matériaux : plaster cast, wood construction, coloured sand, I.V. bag, seashell
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Am I Gonna Die?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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.
Des mesures : life size / grandeur nature
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 1991
Matériaux : plaster cast, wood construction, coloured sand, I.V. bag, seashell
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25405
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25407
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25411
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
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
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25410
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25399
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25400
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25412
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25404
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25409
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25408
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25402
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25416
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25398
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25403
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25401
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25406
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25414
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25415
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 25413
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection: Canyon Cinema, California (Film, How Will I Know I'm Here?)
Date de réalisation : 1993-1999
Matériaux : deer construction, tree stumps, pool, 16mm colour film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
How Will I Know I’m Here?
Artist: Toby Chapman MacLennan
ID : 24887
Description:
Des mesures : 45 minutes
Collection:
Date de réalisation :
Matériaux : 16 mm film
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
